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And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,
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and he saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled [it], saying:
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`From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;
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and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
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`And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,
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and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,
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but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.
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`And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,
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and I place there the ark, where [is] the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.'
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And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand, --
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for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens --