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1 Kings 8:16-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Kings 8:16-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
16 ‘(A)Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that (B)My name might be there, but (C)I chose David to be over My people Israel.’ 17 (D)Now it was [a]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was [b]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [c]in your heart.
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