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2 Samuel 5:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Samuel 5:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 David now knew[a] that the Lord had truly established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
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- 5:12 David now knew: Hiram’s carpenters and masons built David a house of cedar, the very model of a Canaanite king’s palace. This house then represented the consolidation of David’s royal power, in the Canaanite mode, with Jerusalem as David’s personal fiefdom and capital city.
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