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^(p)Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that ^(q)He would dwell in the thick cloud.

"^(r)I have surely built You a lofty house, ^(s)A place for Your dwelling forever."

Then the king ^[b]faced about and ^(t)blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

He said, "^(u)Blessed be the Lord , the God of Israel, ^(v)who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hand, saying,

‘^(w)Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that ^(x)My name might be there, but ^(y)I chose David to be over My people Israel.'

^(z)Now it was ^[c]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was ^[d]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was ^[e]in your heart.

^(aa)Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who ^[f]will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.'

Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for ^(ab)I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord ^[g]promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

There I have set a place for the ark, ^(ac)in which is the covenant of the Lord , which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt."