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And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said:
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Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke to David my father, saying:
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From the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built in it to my name: neither chose I any other man, to be the ruler of my people Israel.
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But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.
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And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,
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The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will:
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But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.
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The Lord therefore hath accomplished his word which he spoke: and I am risen up in the place of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with the children of Israel.
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And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.
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For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and had set it in the midst of the temple, which was five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high: and he stood upon it: then kneeling down in the presence of all the multitude of Israel, and lifting up his hands towards heaven,