12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer (A)and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

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16 (A)For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

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