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2 Chronicles 6:6-8
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6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name may be there, and I have chosen David[a] to rule my people Israel. 7 When David my father wished to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, 8 the Lord said to him: In wishing to build a house for my name, you did well.

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  1. 6:6 Jerusalem…David: Ps 132:11, 13 puts in parallel the Lord’s choice of David and Zion, the royal house of David and the mountain in Jerusalem as the site for the Lord’s house.
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