44 "The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, just as the One speaking to Moses commanded him, to make it according to the pattern that he had seen,
45 which also our fathers, having received in turn, also brought in with Joshua into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,
46 who found favor before God and asked [opportunity ]to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built Him a house.
48 However, the Most High does not dwell in hand-made sanctuaries, just as the prophet says:
49 'Heaven is My throne, and [the ]earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? says the LORD, or what is the place of My rest?
50 Did not My hand make all these things?'