9
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
10
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
11
And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
12
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
13
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
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