2 Chronicles 6:1-6 ▼

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

2 “I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever.”

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

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

5 ‘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, so that My name might be there, nor did I choose a man to be the leader over My people Israel;

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