5
From the day when I brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over my people Israel.
3
And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood by.
4
And he said, Blessed the Lord God of Israel: he has even fulfilled with his hands as he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5
From the day when I brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over my people Israel.
6
But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
7
And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.