2 Chronicles 6:1-11 - Solomon Blesses The People

¹ Then Solomon said:

The Lord said He would dwell in thick darkness,
² but I have built an exalted temple for You,
a place for Your residence forever.

³ Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. ⁴ He said:

May the Lord God of Israel be praised!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and He has fulfilled the promise
by His power.
He said,
⁵ “Since the day I brought My people Israel
out of the land of Egypt,
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that My name would be there,
and I have not chosen a man
to be ruler over My people Israel.
⁶ But I have chosen Jerusalem
so that My name will be 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 temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
⁸ However, Yahweh said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.
⁹ Yet, you are not the one to build the temple,
but your son, your own offspring,
will build the temple for My name.”
¹⁰ So Yahweh has fulfilled what He promised.
I have taken the place of my father David
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised.
I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
¹¹ I have put the ark there,
where Yahweh’s covenant is
that He made with the Israelites.