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1 Kings 8:15-17
English Standard Version
1 Kings 8:15-17
English Standard Version
15 And he said, (A)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled (B)what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, 16 (C)‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, (D)that my name might be there. (E)But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’ 17 (F)Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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