1 Kings 8
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1 Kings 8:16-19

16‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

17“My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

18But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name.

19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

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