4. He said: “Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, who with His hands has fulfilled what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying:
5. ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of 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 to be a leader over My people Israel.
6. But I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name would abide there and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
7. “Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a House for the Name of Adonai, the God of Israel.
8. But Adonai said to David my father: ‘As for you wanting in your heart to build a House for My Name, you did well that this was in your heart.