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He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and fulfilled it with His hands, saying,

'Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that My name might be there, nor did I choose a man to be the leader over My people Israel;

but ^(C1)I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name might be there, and I ^(C2)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

"^(C1)Now it was ^(F1)in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

"But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was ^(F1)in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was ^(F1)in your heart.

'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who ^(F1)will be born to you, he shall build the house for My name.'

"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD ^(F1)promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

"There I have placed the ark ^(C1)in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with the sons of Israel."