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1 Kings 8:15
“He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 8
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I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.
14
The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
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He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
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Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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