4. "Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who has completed the work that he spoke to David my father, saying:
5. 'From the day when I led my people away from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built in it to my name. And I did not choose any other man, so that he would be the ruler of my people Israel.
6. But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it. And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.'
7. And though David, my father, had decided that he would build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel,
8. the Lord said to him: 'In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will.