1. Then Solomon said: "The Lord has promised that he would dwell in a cloud.
2. But I have built a house to his name, so that he may dwell there forever."
3. And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire multitude of Israel, (for the whole crowd was standing and attentive) and he said:
4. "Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who has completed the work that he spoke to David my father, saying: