2 Chronicles 6:9-11

New English Translation

⁹ But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’^{[a] 10} The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel ¹¹ and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites.”