Then King Solomon prayed,
“Lord, you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
Now I have built a majestic temple for you,
    a place for you to live in forever.” – 2 Chronicles 6:1-2 GNT

“Now that God has taken up residence in his house, Solomon responds in praise and prayer. This brief statement, which is part testimony and part prayer, evokes a sense of wonder that the same God whose glory fills the temple also dwells in darkness. This latter phrase is associated with the cloud of god’s mysterious presence at Mount Sinai and with his appearing on the Day of the Lord. Solomon is amazed that this intangible, sovereign deity whose mystery is symbolized by the darkness and of the windowless Holy of Holies now promises to dwell in this temple. The theme of God’s dual residence cascades throught the chapter without ever being logically resolved. It is enough to know that God lives on earth as well as in heaven. Even though the temple is ‘exalted’ it cannot physically contain God any more than he can be confined by human philosophy. And yet anyone can approach him in prayer. – The Tyndale Commentary

It is a prayer of response to the cloud of God’s glory and following there is a testimony about God’s faithfulness to David’s house.

All the people of Israel were standing there. The king turned to face them and asked God’s blessing on them. He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David when he said to him, ‘From the time I brought my people out of Egypt until now, I did not choose any city in the land of Israel as the place to build a temple where I would be worshiped, and I did not choose anyone to lead my people Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.’”

And Solomon continued, “My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel, but the Lord said to him, ‘You were right in wanting to build a temple for me, but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.’

“Now the Lord has kept his promise: I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel. I have placed in the Temple the Covenant Box, which contains the stone tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with the people of Israel.” – 2 Chronicles 6:3-11 GNT

Solomon prays as if he was a sinner too, as one of the people. What a lesson for me as I engage in leadership.