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1 Kings 5:3-5
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1 Kings 5:3-5
English Standard Version
3 (A)“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God (B)because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4 (C)But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune. 5 And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, (D)as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’
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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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