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Passage Lookup: 1 Kings 8:12-21
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1 Kings 8:12
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Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
1 Kings 8:13
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I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever."
1 Kings 8:14
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While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them.
1 Kings 8:15
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Then he said: "Praise be to the LORD , the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said,
1 Kings 8:16
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'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 for my Name to be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.'
1 Kings 8:17
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"My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the LORD , the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:18
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But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a temple for my Name, you did well to have this in your heart.
1 Kings 8:19
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Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, who is your own flesh and blood-he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.'
1 Kings 8:20
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"The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD , the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:21
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I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers when he brought them out of Egypt."
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