1 Kings 8:15-21 (New Revised Standard)
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He said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying,
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"Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
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My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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But the Lord said to my father David, "You did well to consider building a house for my name;
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nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.'
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Now the Lord has upheld the promise that he made; for I have risen in the place of my father David; I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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There I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."
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