1 Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
2 "I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."
3 Then the king faced about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
4 He said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying,
5 'Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel;
6 but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'