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Then Solomon spoke: "The Lord said He would dwell in the dark cloud.
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I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever."
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Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
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And he said: "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
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'Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.
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Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there; and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'
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Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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But the Lord said to my father David, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.
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Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.'