2 Chronicles 6:5-6
6:5 He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.
6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
2 Chronicles 6:20
6:20 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.