And of (A)all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he (B)has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. He said to me, ‘It is (C)Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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