2 Chronicles 6:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³ Then the king turned round and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. ⁴ And he said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying, ⁵ “Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel;