1 Kings 8:12

"Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in thick darkness. I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in forever. And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood. And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth to David my father, and with his hand fulfilled it, saying, Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son, who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, AND HAVE BUILT THE HOUSE FOR THE NAME OF JEHOVAH, the God of Israel. And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

"Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in thick darkness" (1 Kings 8:12). "Here the darkness of the windowless inner sanctuary is identified with the dark storm cloud over Mount Horeb at the giving of the Law (Exodus 20:18; Psalms 18:10-11)."[14]

"I have surely built thee a house" (1 Kings 8:13). By this action, "Solomon asserted that he was establishing the Lord as supreme God of all ... that the Lord alone is Lord of heaven and earth."[15] (See more on this under 1 Kings 8:20, below.)

"Jehovah said to David ... Whereas it was in thy heart to built a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart" (1 Kings 8:18). Cook noted that, "The exact words of 2 Samuel 7 are not given here; only the general sense is given."[16] It is this writer's opinion that neither the words nor the sense of 2 Samuel 7 is given here, but only Solomon's mistaken notion of what God actually said. The Bible nowhere backs up what Solomon here put in the mouth of God regarding David's notion about building God a house.

"I have built a house for the name of Jehovah" (1 Kings 8:20). The prophecy which Solomon here claimed to have been fulfilled by his building the Temple is found in 2 Samuel 2:13:

"He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son."

Was Solomon's throne established forever? Certainly not! It did not extend any further than Solomon's lifetime. Was Solomon God's son? There is no evidence whatever that Solomon was even saved, for he became, in time, an unqualified son of the Devil. Was God Solomon's father? Indeed no! Solomon was an idolater (1 Kings 11:5-12). Was that Temple which Solomon built "the house for God's name"? Indeed Solomon and all the Jews claimed that distinction for it, and for a season God allowed it to be so recognized, but THAT HOUSE which God promised to David, which would be built by one of his posterity, is none other than the Church of Jesus Christ. See Acts 15:16-18, also our extensive commentary on this subject in 2 Samuel 7.