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^(C1)Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that ^(C2)He would dwell in the thick darkness.

-"^(C1)I have truly built You a lofty house, ^(C2)A place for Your dwelling forever."

Then the king ^(F1)turned around and ^(C1)blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

He said, "^(C1)Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, ^(C2)who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and fulfilled it with His hands, saying,

'^(C1)Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house so that ^(C2)My name would be there, but ^(C3)I chose David to be over My people Israel.'

"^(C1)Now it was ^(F1)in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

"But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was ^(F1)in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was ^(F1)in your heart.

'^(C1)Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who ^(F1)will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.'

"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for ^(C1)I have risen in place of my father David and I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD ^(F1)promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

"And there I have set a place for the ark, ^(C1)in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."