And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel (for all the Congregation of Israel stood there.)

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his [a]hand fulfilled it, saying,

Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel to build an [b]house, that my Name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:4 Or, power.
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:5 Or, Temple.

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