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Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

"I have truly built You a lofty house, A place for Your dwelling forever."

I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

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,

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

'Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house so that My name would be there, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.'

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 an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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

And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

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

And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

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

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

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

And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

"And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."

And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord , which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.