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Then David called for his son Solomon and told him to build the Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel. David said to him, “My son, I wanted to build a temple for worshiping the Lord my God. But the Lord spoke his word to me, ‘David, you have killed many people. You have fought many wars. You cannot build a temple for worship to me, because you have killed many people. But, you will have a son, a man of peace and rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies around him. His name will be Solomon,[a] and I will give Israel peace and quiet while he is king. 10 Solomon will build a temple for worship to me. He will be my son, and I will be his father. I will make his kingdom strong; someone from his family will rule Israel forever.’”

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  1. 22:9 Solomon This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “peace.”

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