There are two Haftorah's at the end of Chag HaSukkos. Both at the beginning of Sefer Melochim, where Shlomo keeps praising his father Dovid since he wanted to build the Bais Hamikdash! וַיְהִי עִם לְבַב דָּוִד אָבִי לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לְשֵׁם ה' א-לֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל דָּוִד אָבִי יַעַן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם לְבָבְךָ לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי הֱטִיבֹתָ כִּי הָיָה עִם לְבָבֶךָ מ"א ח יז-יח Shlomo mentions briefly that he himself actually built the Bais Hamikdash (וָאָקֻם תַּחַת דָּוִד אָבִי וָאֵשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' וָאֶבְנֶה הַבַּיִת לְשֵׁם ה' א-לֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מ"א ח כ and as his father’s agent), but he is mainly getting across a message of his father’s greatness for desiring to build!
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