11. shining with the dazzling light of the Lord's presence, and they could not go back in to perform their duties.
12. Then Solomon prayed:“You, Lord, have placed the sun in the sky,yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
13. Now I have built a majestic temple for you,a place for you to live in for ever.”
14. As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God's blessing on them.
15. He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David, when he said,
16. ‘From the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen any city in all the land of Israel in which a temple should be built where I would be worshipped. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.’ ”
17. And Solomon continued, “My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel,
18. but the Lord said to him, ‘You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,