And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his [a]hand fulfilled it, saying,

Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel to build an [b]house, that my Name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my Name might be there, and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:4 Or, power.
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:5 Or, Temple.

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