3 Then the king turned around and began to bless all the congregation of Israel while all the congregation of Israel stood.+ 4 He said: “May Jehovah the God of Israel be praised, the one who by his own mouth promised my father David and by his own hands has given fulfillment, saying, 5 ‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house for my name to remain there,+ and I have not chosen a man to become leader over my people Israel. 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem+ for my name to remain there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’+ 7 And it was the heart’s desire of my father David to build a house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.+ 8 But Jehovah said to my father David, ‘It was your heart’s desire to build a house for my name, and you did well to desire this in your heart. 9 However, you will not build the house, but your own son who is to be born to you* is the one who will build the house for my name.’+ 10 Jehovah has carried out the promise that he made, for I have succeeded my father David and I sit on the throne of Israel,+ just as Jehovah promised.+ I have also built the house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel, 11 and there I have placed the Ark containing the covenant+ that Jehovah made with the people of Israel.”