Passage · Old Testament

1 Kings 8:16

1Kgs.8.16

‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

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