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David my father, not David, my father

11-1KI/03.usfm

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 \v 5 Yahweh appeared at Gibeon to Solomon in a dream by night; he said, "Ask! What should I give you?"
 
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-\v 6 So Solomon said, "You have shown great covenant faithfulness to your servant, David, my father, because he walked before you in trustworthiness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart. You have kept for him this great covenant faithfulness and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
+\v 6 So Solomon said, "You have shown great covenant faithfulness to your servant, David my father, because he walked before you in trustworthiness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart. You have kept for him this great covenant faithfulness and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
 
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 \v 7 And now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father, though I am only a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.

11-1KI/07.usfm

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-\v 38 Huram made ten basins of bronze. One basin could hold forty baths of water. Each basin was four cubits across, and there was one basin on each of ten stands.
+\v 38 Huram made ten basins of bronze. One basin could hold forty baths of water. Each basin was four cubits across and there was one basin on each of ten stands.
 \v 39 He made five stands on the south-facing side of the temple and five on the north-facing side of the temple. He set the sea on the east corner, facing toward the south of the temple.
 
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 \v 42 He made the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of decorative latticework: two rows of pomegranates for each set of latticework to cover the two bowl-like capitals that were on the pillars,
-\v 43 and the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands.
+\v 43 the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands.
 
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 \v 44 He made the sea and the twelve oxen under it;
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 \v 46 The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
-\v 47 Solomon did not weigh all the utensils because there were too many to weigh, so the weight of the bronze could not be known.
+\v 47 Solomon did not weigh all the utensils because there were too many to weigh, because the weight of the bronze could not be measured.
 
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11-1KI/08.usfm

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 \v 14 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
 \v 15 He said, 
-"May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised, who spoke to David, my father, and has fulfilled it with his own hands, saying,
+"May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised, who spoke to David my father, and has fulfilled it with his own hands, saying,
 \v 16 'Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, in order for my name to be there. However, I chose David to rule over my people Israel.'
 
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 \v 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
-\v 18 But Yahweh said to David, my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.
+\v 18 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.
 \v 19 Nevertheless you will not build the house; instead, your son, one who will be born from your loins, will build the house for my name.'
 
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-\v 20 Yahweh has carried out the word that he had said, for I have arisen in the place of David, my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+\v 20 Yahweh has carried out the word that he had said, for I have arisen in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
 \v 21 I have made a place for the ark there, in which is Yahweh's covenant, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."
 
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 \v 22 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh, before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward the heavens.
 \v 23 He said, "Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no god like you in the heavens above or on the earth below, who keeps his covenant faithfulness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
-\v 24 you who have kept with your servant David, my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
+\v 24 you who have kept with your servant David my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
 
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-\v 25 Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David, my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful to walk before me, as you have walked before me.'
-\v 26 Now then, God of Israel, I pray that the promise you made to your servant David, my father, will come true.
+\v 25 Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful to walk before me, as you have walked before me.'
+\v 26 Now then, God of Israel, I pray that the promise you made to your servant David my father, will come true.
 
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14-2CH/06.usfm

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-\v 4 He said, "May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised, who spoke to David, my father, and has fulfilled it with his own hands, saying,
+\v 4 He said, "May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised, who spoke to David my father, and has fulfilled it with his own hands, saying,
 \v 5 'Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, in order for my name to be there. Neither did I choose any man to be prince over my people Israel.
 \v 6 However, I have chosen Jerusalem, so that my name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
  
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-\v 7 Now it was in the heart of David, my father, to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
-\v 8 But Yahweh said to David, my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.
+\v 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+\v 8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.
 \v 9 Nevertheless, you must not build the house; instead, your son, one who will come from your loins, will build the house for my name.'
  
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-\v 10 Yahweh has carried out the word that he had said, for I have arisen in the place of David, my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+\v 10 Yahweh has carried out the word that he had said, for I have arisen in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
 \v 11 I have placed the ark there, in which is Yahweh's covenant, which he made with the people of Israel."
  
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 \v 14 He said, "Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heavens or on the earth, who keeps covenant and covenant faithfulness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
-\v 15 you who have kept with your servant David, my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
+\v 15 you who have kept with your servant David my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
  
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-\v 16 Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David, my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.'
+\v 16 Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.'
 \v 17 Now then, God of Israel, I pray that the promise you made to your servant David will come true.
  
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