1 Kings 8:16
Source: Septuagint
16From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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14And the king turned his face, and the king blessed all Israel (and the whole assembly of Israel stood):
15and he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel today, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,
— 1 Kings 8:16 —
17And it was in the heart of my father to build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.
18And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into thy heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it came upon thy heart.