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'Since the day that I brought My peopleIsrael from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, but I choseDavid to be over My peopleIsrael.'
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"Now the LORD has fulfilled His wordwhich He spoke; for I have risen in place of my fatherDavid and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORDpromised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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"There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt."
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He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is noGodlike You in heavenabove* or on earthbeneath*, keepingcovenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walkbefore You with all their heart,
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who have kept with Your servant, my fatherDavid, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is thisday.