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Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
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But I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever."
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Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
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And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,
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'Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;