2 Chronicles 6:5
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5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;
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Daniel 9:19
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19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (A)Delay not, (B)for your own sake, O my God, because (C)your city and (D)your people are called by your name.”
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1 Kings 8:16
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16 (A)‘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, (B)that my name might be there. (C)But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
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2 Samuel 7:15-16
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15 (A)but my steadfast love will not depart from him, (B)as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 (C)And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.[a] (D)Your throne shall be established forever.’”
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- 2 Samuel 7:16 Septuagint; Hebrew you
2 Samuel 7:6-7
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6 I have not lived in a house (A)since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about (B)in a tent for my dwelling. 7 In all places where (C)I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with (D)any of the judges[a] of Israel, whom I commanded (E)to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
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- 2 Samuel 7:7 Compare 1 Chronicles 17:6; Hebrew tribes
1 Samuel 15:23
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23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and (A)idolatry.
Because (B)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(C)he has also rejected you from being king.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14
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13 And Samuel said to Saul, (A)“You have done foolishly. (B)You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now (C)your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man (D)after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince[a] over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:14 Or leader
1 Samuel 10:24
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24 And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him (A)whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, (B)“Long live the king!”
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Deuteronomy 12:11
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11 then to (A)the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, (B)your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 12:5
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5 But you shall seek (A)the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation[a] there. There you shall go,
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- Deuteronomy 12:5 Or name as its habitation
Exodus 23:21
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21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; (A)do not rebel against him, (B)for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.
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Exodus 20:24
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24 An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. (A)In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and (B)bless you.
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