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saying, “Bless Israel's God, the LORD, who spoke directly to my father David and now has kept his promise:
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‘From the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt I haven't selected a city from any Israelite tribe as a site for the building of a temple for my name. But now I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
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My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD, Israel's God.
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"But the LORD said to my father David, ‘It is very good that you thought to build a temple for my name.
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Nevertheless, you yourself won't build that temple. Instead, your very own son will build the temple for my name.'