1 Kings 8:14-21 - Solomon's Address To The People

¹⁴ The king turned around and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. ¹⁵ He said:

May the Lord God of Israel be praised!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and He has fulfilled the promise by His power.
He said,
¹⁶ “Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt,
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that My name would be there.
But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.”
¹⁷ It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
¹⁸ But the Lord said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.
¹⁹ Yet you are not the one to build it;
instead, your son, your own offspring,
will build it for My name.”
²⁰ The Lord has fulfilled what He promised.
I have taken the place of my father David,
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.
I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
²¹ I have provided a place there for the ark,
where the Lord’s covenant is
that He made with our ancestors
when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.