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It was in the desire of my father David to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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But the Lord said to my father David, "Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name, you have done well to have this desire.
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Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for My name."
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The Lord has fulfilled what He promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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I have provided a place there for the ark, where the Lord's covenant is that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.