1 Kings 8:13

I have surely built thee a house to dwell in R.V. - a house of habitation," which is more literal, but not a more elegant rendering. The king sees that God has deigned to accept the house that has been built, and his desire that God may always dwell there fashions the language which he uses. It is to be noted that in this dedication the priests play but a secondary part. Zadok is not once named. Solomon presides, speaks, prays. The LXX. (Vat.) omits these two verses altogether, but gives a modification and enlargement of them at 1 Kings 8:53 below. See note there. Josephus describes the opening of Solomon's address to God as -words which the king considered fit to be addressed to the divine Being, and which it was right for him to speak."