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But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
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And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation of Israel stood.
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And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath 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:
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but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.