1 Kings 5:17
“But it seems to be in accord with the solemn celebration that we are observing to recall something about the building of the temple and to search out how appropriately its adornment suits the significance of the church. Scripture tells how Solomon ordered that "they should take very great costly stones for the foundat…”
Source: Septuagint
17Thou knewest my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
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15And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to anoint Solomon in the room of David his father, because Hiram always loved David.
16And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
— 1 Kings 5:17 —
18And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against me, and there is no evil trespass against me.
19And, behold, I intend to build a house to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord God spoke to my father David, saying, Thy son whom I will set on thy throne in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.