1. Then Solomon spoke:“The Lord said He would dwell in the dark cloud.
2. I have surely built You an exalted house,And a place for You to dwell in forever.”
3. Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
4. And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
5. ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.
6. Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’