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Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,
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but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.’
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“And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father’s place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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There I have placed the Ark, which contains the covenant that the LORD made with the people of Israel.”