(A)“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God (B)because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. (C)But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune. And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, (D)as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’

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