44 "Our ancestors had the Tent of Testimony in the wilderness constructed, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

45 Our ancestors brought it here with Joshua when they replaced the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, and it was here until the time of David.

46 He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob,

47 but it was Solomon who built a house for him.

48 However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

49 "‘Heaven is my throne,and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me,’ declares the Lord, "or what place is there in which I can rest?

50 It was my hand that made all these things, wasn't it?’"