13. Building I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.
14. And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood.
15. And Solomon said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and with his own hands hath accomplished it, saying:
16. Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17. And David my father would have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel:
18. And the Lord said to David my father: Whereas thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind.