Solomon Blesses the People

6 ^(A)Then Solomon said,

³ Then the king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. ⁴ And he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it by 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 ruler over My people Israel; ⁶ but ^(B)I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I ^(C)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ ^7 (D)And it was ^[a]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. ⁸ But Yahweh said to my father David, ‘Because it was ^[b]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was ^[c]in your heart. ⁹ Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will ^(E)come forth from your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’ ¹⁰ And Yahweh has established His word which He spoke; and I have been established in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh ^[d]promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. ¹¹ And there I have set the ark ^(F)in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which He cut with the sons of Israel.”