¹² Then spoke Solomon: “The Lord said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

¹³ I have surely built Thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for Thee to abide in for ever.”

¹⁴ And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel were standing.

¹⁵ And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and hath with His hand fulfilled it, saying,

¹⁶ ‘Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that My name might be therein; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’

¹⁷ And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

¹⁸ And the Lord said unto David my father, ‘Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto My name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

¹⁹ Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto My name.’

²⁰ And the Lord hath performed His word that He spoke; and I have risen up in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

²¹ And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”