1. Then Shelomoh said, “יהוה has said He would dwell in the dark cloud.
2. “But I have built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell in forever.”
3. And the sovereign turned around and blessed all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl, while all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl stood.
4. And he said, “Blessed be יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, who has filled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father Dawiḏ, saying,
5. ‘From the day that I brought My people out of the land of Mitsrayim, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Yisra’ĕl in which to build a house for My Name to be there, nor did I choose any man to be a leader over My people Yisra’ĕl.
6. ‘But I have chosen Yerushalayim, for My Name to be there. And I have chosen Dawiḏ to be over My people Yisra’ĕl.’
7. “And it was in the heart of my father Dawiḏ to build a House for the Name of יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
8. “But יהוה said to my father Dawiḏ, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a House for My Name, you did well in that it was in your heart.
9. ‘But you do not build the house, for your son who comes forth from your loins, he does build the House for My Name.’
10. “Now יהוה has established His word which He spoke, and I have been raised up instead of my father Dawiḏ, and sit on the throne of Yisra’ĕl, as יהוה promised. And I have built the House for the Name of יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
11. “And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of יהוה which He made with the children of Yisra’ĕl.”
12. And he stood before the altar of יהוה in front of all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl, and spread out his hands –