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2 Samuel 7:5
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2 Samuel 7:5
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5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “(A)Should you build Me a house for My dwelling?
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2 Samuel 7:5
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2 Samuel 7:5
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1 Chronicles 28:2-3
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1 Chronicles 28:2-3
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2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; [a]I (A)had intended to build a [b]permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for (B)the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. 3 But God said to me, ‘(C)You shall not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
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- 1 Chronicles 28:2 Lit as for me, it was with my heart
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 Lit house of rest
1 Chronicles 28:2-3
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1 Chronicles 28:2-3
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2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart(A) to build a house as a place of rest(B) for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool(C) of our God, and I made plans to build it.(D) 3 But God said to me,(E) ‘You are not to build a house for my Name,(F) because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’(G)
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