¹²Then Solomon said, “The Lord said he would live in a dark cloud. ¹³Lord, I have truly built a wonderful Temple for you—a place for you to live forever.”

¹⁴While all the Israelites were standing there, King Solomon turned to them and blessed them.

¹⁵Then he said, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He has done what he promised to my father David. The Lord said, ¹⁶‘Since the time I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple will be built for me. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

¹⁷“My father David wanted to build a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹⁸But the Lord said to my father David, ‘It was good that you wanted to build a temple for me. ¹⁹But you are not the one to build it. Your son, who comes from your own body, is the one who will build my temple.’

²⁰“Now the Lord has kept his promise. I am the king now in place of David my father. Now I rule Israel as the Lord promised, and I have built the Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel. ²¹I have made a place there for the Ark, in which is the Agreement the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”

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