8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for {f} ever.
(f) He spoke according to the tenor of God's promise which was on the condition that they served him correctly.
8:12-21 Solomon encouraged the priests, who were much astonished at the dark cloud. The dark dispensations of Providence should quicken us in fleeing for refuge to the hope of the gospel. Nothing can more reconcile us to them, than to consider what God has said, and to compare his word and works together. Whatever good we do, we must look on it as the performance of God's promise to us, not of our promises to him.
