1 Kings 8:14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood.

¹⁵ And Solomon said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and with his own hands hath accomplished it, saying:

¹⁶ Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.