2 Chronicles 6:1-6 ▼

1 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

2 “I have built You a lofty house, A place for You to dwell forever.”

3 Then the king turned around and blessed the entire assembly of Israel, while they were all standing.

4 And he said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled with His hands what He promised, saying,

5 ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city among all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name (Presence) might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a leader over My people Israel;

6 but I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’