Bible Verses About The First Temple: Anxious to build

that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, `See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.'

and David saith to Solomon his son, `As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God,

`And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have--a peculiar treasure of gold and silver--I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

`If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,

If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids--slumber,

Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.