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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.'
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
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But the LORD said to David my father: `Inasmuch as it was in thine heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart.