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And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,
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From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;
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But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
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Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:
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But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
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And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.
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And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.
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Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,
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(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)
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And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts;