2. Lord, I have built a wonderful Temple for you—a place for you to live forever.”
3. While all the Israelites were standing there, King Solomon turned to them and blessed them.
4. Then he said, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He has done what he promised to my father David. The Lord said,
5. ‘Since the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple will be built for me. I did not choose a man to lead my people Israel.
6. But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place I am to be worshiped, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
7. “My father David wanted to build a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.
8. But the Lord said to my father David, ‘It was good that you wanted to build a temple for me.