15 He said, “(A)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, (B)who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and fulfilled it with His hands, saying, 16 (C)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 (D)My name would be there, but (E)I chose David to be over My people Israel.’ 17 (F)Now it was [a]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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