1. Then King Solomon prayed,“Lord, you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
2. Now I have built a majestic temple for you,a place for you to live in for ever.”
3. All the people of Israel were standing there. The king turned to face them and asked God's blessing on them.
4. He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David when he said to him,
5. ‘From the time I brought my people out of Egypt until now, I did not choose any city in the land of Israel as the place to build a temple where I would be worshipped, and I did not choose anyone to lead my people Israel.
6. But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshipped, and you, David, to rule my people.’ ”
7. And Solomon continued, “My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel,