1 Kings 8:13

I have surely built [Heb. to build, I have built ] thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in forever. [The temple was primarily, as already remarked, a shrine for the ark, between the cherubim of the mercy seat of which God dwelt. This was a מָכוֹן (from כוּן , statuit ), a settled place. The tabernacle was but a poor and transitory abode, partaking of the frailty of the shepherd's tent ( Isaiah 38:12 ). For עוֹלָמִים ( αἰῶνες ), cf. Isaiah 26:4 ; Isaiah 51:9 ; Daniel 9:24 ; Psalms 145:13 .