¹³ He is the one who will build a house^(A) for my Name,^(B) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.^(C)

¹⁶ ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt,^(A) I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name^(B) might be there, but I have chosen^(C) David^(D) to rule my people Israel.’

“I have heard^(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name^(B) there forever. My eyes^(C) and my heart will always be there.