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Then the king turned and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while the whole assembly of Israel was standing there. Then Solomon said:

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.

What he said with his mouth to my father David,

he has fulfilled with his hands.

The Lord said, “From the day I brought my people out from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house for my Name to be there. I did not choose a man to be ruler over my people Israel.

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