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2 Chronicles 6:5-7
English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 6:5-7
English Standard Version
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; 6 (A)but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, (B)and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’ 7 (C)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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