Bible Verses About The First Temple: Anxious to build

the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.”

David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

how he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”