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

"I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."

Then the king ^[a]faced about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

He said, "Blessed be the Lord , the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying,

‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel;

but ^(b)I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I ^(c)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

^(d)Now it was ^[b]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 ^[c]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was ^[d]in your heart.

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

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