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Yahweh has said that he
Solomon speaks to Yahweh as if he were speaking to someone else to show that he respects Yahweh. AT: "Yahweh, you have said that you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
in thick darkness
Here the word "thick" shows that the darkness is extreme. Yahweh spoke of not allowing sinful people to see him as if he were to live in darkness. AT: "in great darkness" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
I have built you a lofty residence
Solomon speaks of commanding the people to build the temple and telling them how to do it as if he himself had built it. AT: "I and your people have built you a lofty residence" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
a lofty residence
a magnificent house, appropriate for someone who is very important
while all the assembly of Israel was standing
The phrase "all the assembly" is a generalization. It does not mean that every person of Israel was standing, but that all of the people who were gathered there were standing. AT: "while the people of Israel there were standing" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)