15 He said:

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and he has fulfilled the promise(A) by his power.
He said,
16 “Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt,(B)
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that my name(C) would be there.
But I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.”(D)
17 My father David had his heart set
on building a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.(E)

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