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1 Chronicles 17:5-7
New International Version - UK
1 Chronicles 17:5-7
New International Version - UK
5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling-place to another. 6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders[a] whom I commanded to shepherd my people, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’”
7 ‘Now then, tell my servant David, “This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.
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- 1 Chronicles 17:6 Traditionally judges; also in verse 10
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