1 Kings 8:15-17

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¹⁵ He prayed this long prayer to the Lord:

“The Lord, the God of Israel, is great. He has done what he promised my father David. He told my father, ¹⁶ ‘I brought my people, Israel, out of Egypt, but I had not yet chosen a city from among the tribes of Israel for a temple to honor me. And I had not chosen a man to be leader over my people, Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the city where I will be honored.^[a] And I have chosen David to rule over my people, Israel.’

¹⁷ “My father David wanted very much to build a temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.