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There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.
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Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,
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So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.
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Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;
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So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
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Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
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And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,
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From the day when I took my people Israel out 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; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.
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Now it was in the heart of David my father 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 my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.