2 Chronicles 6:1-6 ▼

1 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”

3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

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

5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel;

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