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1 Kings 8:16-18
Lexham English Bible
1 Kings 8:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 ‘From the day that I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where my name might be, but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’ 17 David my father desired[a] to build a house for the name of Yahweh the God of Israel, 18 but Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Because you desired[b] to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was within your heart.
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- 1 Kings 8:17 Literally “It had been within the heart of David my father”
- 1 Kings 8:18 Literally “it was within your heart”
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