1 Kings 8:53-55

New King James Version

⁵³For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, ^(A)as You spoke by Your servant Moses, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”

Solomon Blesses the Assembly^(B)

⁵⁴^(C)And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. ⁵⁵Then he stood ^(D)and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

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1 Kings 8:53-55

New International Version

⁵³For 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.”

⁵⁴When 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. ⁵⁵He stood and blessed^(B) the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

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