(A)And behold, [a]I propose to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, (B)as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying, “Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.”

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  1. 1 Kings 5:5 Lit. I am saying

12 Concerning this [a]temple which you are building, (A)if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My [b]word with you, (B)which I spoke to your father David.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:12 Lit. house
  2. 1 Kings 6:12 promise

19 Nevertheless (A)you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’ 20 So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; and I have [a]filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, (B)as the Lord promised; and I have built a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 21 And there I have made a place for the ark, in which is (C)the covenant of the Lord which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

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  1. 1 Kings 8:20 risen in the place of

(A)Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him (B)rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be [a]Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 10 (C)He shall build a house for My name, and (D)he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’ 11 Now, my son, may (E)the Lord be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of the Lord your God, as He has said to you. 12 Only may the Lord (F)give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 (G)Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments with which the Lord [b]charged Moses concerning Israel. (H)Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:9 Lit. Peaceful
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:13 commanded

20 And David said to his son Solomon, (A)“Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God—my God—will be with you. (B)He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

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and (A)Jesse begot David the king.

(B)David the king begot Solomon by her [a]who had been the wife of Uriah.

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  1. Matthew 1:6 Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Greek.

31 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of (A)Nathan, (B)the son of David,

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