David said to Solomon, “My son, (A)I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.

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(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.

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