16. ‘From the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen any city in all the land of Israel in which a temple should be built where I would be worshipped. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.’ ”
17. And Solomon continued, “My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel,
18. but the Lord said to him, ‘You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,
19. but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.’