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46 God was happy with King David and he helped him very much. So David said to God, “May I build a special house where you can live among your people, the descendants of Jacob?” 47 But it was David's son, Solomon, who built a house for God.[a]

48 But we know that God does not live in a house that people have made. He is the powerful God who is over all. God's prophet Isaiah spoke these words:[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:47 God did not want David to build a house for him. But David brought together the materials to build it.
  2. 7:48 See Isaiah 66:1-2