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- Verse 5
2 Chronicles 6:5
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
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It is of great consequence, in all our religious actions, that we design well, and that our eye be single. If Solomon had built this temple in the pride of his heart, as Ahasuerus made his feast, only…
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Cambridge Bible
neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel The Chronicler regards Saul as rejected rather than chosen; 1Ch 10:13-14.
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