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But God said to me, ‘(A)You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ Yet, Yahweh, the God of Israel, (B)chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel (C)forever. For (D)He has chosen Judah to be a ruler; and (E)in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. (F)Now of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), (G)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel.

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