2 Chronicles 6:1-11

New American Standard Bible

Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple

6 ^(A)Then Solomon said,

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 ^(B)I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name might be there, and I ^(C)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ ^7 (D)Now it was ^[a]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ⁸ But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was ^[b]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was ^[c]in your heart. ⁹ Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who ^[d]will be born to you, he shall build the house for My name.’ ¹⁰ Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord ^[e]promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹¹ There I have placed the ark ^(E)in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with the sons of Israel.”