14 As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God's blessing on them.
15 He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David, when he said,
16 ‘From the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen any city in all the land of Israel in which a temple should be built where I would be worshipped. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.’ ”
17 And Solomon continued, “My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel,
18 but the Lord said to him, ‘You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,
19 but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.’
20 “And now the Lord has kept his promise. I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built the Temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel.