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1 Kings 8:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD has done what he promised. I am the king of Israel like my father, and I've built a temple for the LORD our God.

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I'll choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I'll make him a strong ruler,

and prayed, “I praise you, LORD God of Israel. You have made my son Solomon king and have let me live to see it.”

and said: Praise the LORD God of Israel! Long ago he brought his people out of Egypt. He later kept his promise to make my father David the king of Israel. The Lord also said that he had not chosen the city where his temple would be built.

Because he was faithful, you made an agreement to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, and of the Jebusites and Girgashites. Now you have kept your promise, just as you always do.

I worship at your holy temple and praise you for your love and your faithfulness. You were true to your word and made yourself more famous than ever before.

His power will never end; peace will last for ever. He will rule David's kingdom and make it grow strong. He will always rule with honesty and justice. The LORD All-Powerful will make certain that all of this is done.

I will give them my message, and what I say will certainly happen. Warn those rebels that the time has come for them to be punished. I, the LORD, make this promise.

My Spirit will give you breath, and you will live again. I will bring you home, and you will know that I have kept my promise. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

You will keep your word and be faithful to Jacob and to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors many years ago.

And it was finally King Solomon who built a house for God.

Abraham was certain that God could do what he had promised.

God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won't stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns.

The LORD promised to do many good things for Israel, and he kept his promise every time.




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