“Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family(A) to be king over Israel forever.(B) For he chose Judah as leader,(C) and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons,(D) he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. And out of all my sons(E)—for the Lord has given me many sons—he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.(F) He said to me,(G) ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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