1. Then said Solomon, `Jehovah said--to dwell in thick darkness,
2. and I--I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'
3. And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,
4. and he saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled [it], saying:
5. `From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;
6. and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
7. `And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,