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And the king turned his face, and the king blessed all Israel, (and the whole assembly of Israel stood:)
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and he said, Blessed the Lord God of Israel to-day, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,
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From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Footnotes 1
[a].
'turned away,' but probably not from the people.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.