2 Chronicles 6:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ And the king turned his face and blessed all the Congregation of Israel (for all the Congregation of Israel stood).

⁴ And he said, “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, Who spoke with His Mouth to David, my father, and has fulfilled it with His Hand, saying,

⁵ ‘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 a House, so that My Name might be there. Nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.