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Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would reside in thick darkness.
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I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever."
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Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
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And he said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying,
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"Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel;