10. When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord.
11. And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.
12. Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
13. I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
14. While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them.
15. Then he said: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said,
16. ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
17. “My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.