Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.’

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.

then it shall come about that the place in which the Lord your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to the Lord.

“If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, the Lord your God,

Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do,

He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.

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And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

Determined

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Determined

Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.’

For the name

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.
“If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, the Lord your God,
But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.
He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.

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