2 Chronicles 6:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ But you will not build the temple. Instead, your son will build the temple for my Name. He is your own flesh and blood.’

¹⁰ “The Lord has kept the promise he made. I’ve become the next king after my father David. Now I’m sitting on the throne of Israel. That’s exactly what the Lord promised would happen. I’ve built the temple for the Name of the Lord. He is the God of Israel. ¹¹ I’ve placed the ark there. The tablets of the Lord’s covenant are inside it. He made that covenant with the people of Israel.”