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1 Chronicles 17:1-2 (Listen)

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The Lord's Covenant with David

17 tNow when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” 2 And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

1 Chronicles 28:2 (Listen)

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2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. nI had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the ofootstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.

2 Samuel 7:2-3 (Listen)

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2 the king said to uNathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell vin a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells win a tent.” 3 And Nathan said to the king, x“Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

1 Kings 8:17 (Listen)

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17 iNow it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Psalm 132:1-5 (Listen)

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The Lord Has Chosen Zion

A Song of mAscents.

132 Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,

all ythe hardships he endured,

2 how he swore to the Lord

and zvowed to athe Mighty One of Jacob,

3 “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4 I will not bgive sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5 until I cfind a place for the Lord,

a dwelling place for athe Mighty One of Jacob.”