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Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king'sheart, to adorn the house of the LORDwhich is in Jerusalem,
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and has extendedlovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king'smightyprinces. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gatheredleadingmen from Israel to go up with me.