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Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
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The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
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He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
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Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel: