Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 6:6
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But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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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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but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
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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2 Chronicles 6
4 and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
5 ‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
8 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
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