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But I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a place for Thy dwelling for ever."
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And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel stood.
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And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with His hands fulfilled that which He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
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`Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler over My people Israel;
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but I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there, and have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'