2 Chronicles 6:1-6 ▼

1 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would reside in thick darkness.

2 I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever.”

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

4 And he said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying,

5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel;

6 but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’