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praising the Lord and blessing him, according to the directions of King David of Israel;
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they sang hymns, giving thanks to the Lord, "For his goodness and his glory are forever upon all Israel."
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And all the people sounded trumpets and shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord for the erection of the house of the Lord.
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Some of the levitical priests and heads of ancestral houses, old men who had seen the former house, came to the building of this one with outcries and loud weeping,
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while many came with trumpets and a joyful noise,
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