NSB(i)
1 Then Solomon proclaimed: »Jehovah said he would live in a dark cloud.
2 »But I have built you a high Temple. It is a home for you to live in permanently.«
3 Then the king turned around and blessed the entire assembly from Israel while they were standing.
4 »Thanks be to Jehovah God of Israel. With his mouth he made a promise to my father David. With his hand he carried it out.« He said:
5 »Since I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I did not choose any city from the tribes of Israel as a place to build a Temple for my name. And I did not choose any man to be prince over my people Israel.
6 »Now I have chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name. I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.
7 »My father David had his heart set on building a Temple for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
8 »However, Jehovah said to my father David: Since you had your heart set on building a Temple for my name, your intentions were good.
9 »You must not build the Temple. Instead, your own son will build the Temple for my name.
10 »Jehovah has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place. I sit on the throne of Israel as Jehovah promised. I have built the Temple for the name of Jehovah God of Israel.
11 »I put the Ark that contains Jehovah’s promise to Israel there.«