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“Now, my son, the LORD be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the LORD your God, as he said you would.
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May the LORD give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
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Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the LORD gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
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“I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.
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You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as those skilled in every kind of work
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in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the LORD be with you.”
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Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.
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He said to them, “Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people.
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Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”