1. Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that He would dwell in the dark cloud.
2. But I have built for You an exalted house, even a habitation where You can continually dwell.”
3. Then the king turned his face around, and he blessed the entire assembly of Israel while all the assembly of Israel was standing before him.
4. And he said:“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who spoke with David my father and fulfilled His promise saying,
5. ‘Since the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose any city from among the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to dwell there, nor did I select a man to be the leader over My people Israel;