4 He said:

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel!

He spoke directly to my father David,

and he has fulfilled the promise

by his power.

He said,

5 “Since the day I brought my people Israel

out of the land of Egypt,o

I have not chosen a city to build a temple in

among any of the tribes of Israel,

so that my name would be there,

and I have not chosen a man

to be ruler over my people Israel.

6 But I have chosen Jerusalem

so that my name will be there,p

and I have chosen David

to be over my people Israel.”q

7 My father David had his heart set

on building a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.r

8 However, the Lord said to my father David,

“Since it was your desire to build a temple for my name,

you have done well to have this desire.

9 Yet, you are not the one to build the temple,

but your son, your own offspring,

will build the temple for my name.”

10 So the Lord has fulfilled what he promised.

I have taken the place of my father David

and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.

I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.