and so that the Lord will fulfil his promise that he made to me: “If your sons take care to walk faithfully before me with all their heart and all their soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.”
‘As for this temple you are building #– #if you walk in my statutes, observe my ordinances, and keep all my commands by walking in them, I will fulfil my promise to you, which I made to your father David.
When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
The Lord has fulfilled what he promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.