2 Chronicles 6:1-13 ▼

1 Then Solomon said: “YHWH said He would dwell in the dark cloud.

2 And I have surely built a house exalted unto You, and a place for Your dwelling forever.”

3 And the king turned around his face, and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.

4 And he said: “Blessed be YHWH, God of Israel, who has spoken with His mouth to David my father, and with His hands He has fulfilled it, saying,

5 ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house for My name being there, and I have not chosen any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

6 And I have chosen Jerusalem for my name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

7 And it was with the heart of David my father to build a temple for the Name of YHWH, God of Israel.

8 And YHWH said to David my father, ‘Because that it was with your heart to build a house for My name, you did well in that it was with your heart.

9 Nevertheless, you shall not build the temple; but your son who will come from your loins, he shall build the house for My Name.’

10 And YHWH has fulfilled His word that He spoke, and I have risen instead of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as YHWH spoke, and I have built the house for the name of YHWH, God of Israel.

11 And I have put there the ark, in which there is the covenant of YHWH, which He cut with the sons of Israel.”

12 And he stood before the face of the altar of YHWH in front of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

13 For Solomon had made a bronze platform and had set it in the midst of the court: Five cubits long, and five cubits wide, and three cubits high. And he stood on it, and he knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and he spread out his hands toward the heavens,