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'From the day I brought my people Israel up from Egypt, I haven't set apart one city among the tribes of Israel in which to build a temple to honor my Name, or chosen one person to be the leader.
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But now I have chosen both a city and a person: Jerusalem for honoring my Name and David to lead my people Israel.'
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"My father David very much wanted to build a temple honoring the Name of God, the God of Israel,
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but God told him, 'It was good that you wanted to build a temple in my honor - most commendable!
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But you are not the one to do it. Your son, who will carry on your dynasty, will build it for my Name.'
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"And now you see the promise completed. God has done what he said he would do; I have succeeded David my father and now rule Israel; and I have built a temple to honor God, the God of Israel,
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and have secured a place for the Chest that holds the Covenant of God, the covenant he made with the people of Israel."
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Before the entire congregation of Israel, Solomon took his position at the Altar of God and stretched out his hands.
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Solomon had made a bronze dais seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high and placed it inside the court; that's where he now stood. Then he knelt in full view of the whole congregation, stretched his hands to heaven,
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You kept your word to David my father, your promise. You did exactly what you promised - every detail. The proof is before us today!