1 Kings 8:15-17
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15 He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying,(A) 16 ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, nor did I choose anyone to be a ruler over my people Israel. But I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there,[a] and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’(B) 17 My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.(C)
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- 8.16 Cn Compare Q ms and 2 Chr 6.5–6: MT lacks nor did . . . be there
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