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1 Chronicles 28:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Chronicles 28:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’(A) 4 Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my ancestral house to be king over Israel forever, for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s house, and among my father’s sons he took delight in making me king over all Israel.(B) 5 And of all my sons, for the Lord has given me many, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.(C)
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1 Chronicles 28:3-5
New International Version
1 Chronicles 28:3-5
New International Version
3 But God said to me,(A) ‘You are not to build a house for my Name,(B) because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’(C)
4 “Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me(D) from my whole family(E) to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah(F) as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.(G) 5 Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many(H)—he has chosen my son Solomon(I) to sit on the throne(J) of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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