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1 Kings 8:53-55
English Standard Version
1 Kings 8:53-55
English Standard Version
53 For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, (A)as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”
Solomon's Benediction
54 (B)Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had (C)knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. 55 And he stood and (D)blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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1 Kings 8:53-55
New International Version
1 Kings 8:53-55
New International Version
53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(A) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 55 He stood and blessed(B) the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
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