God said to him,“Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,
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TSK · 2 Chronicles 1:11
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The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
King David rose to his feet and said:“Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the LORD’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.
By me kings reign, and by me potentates decree righteousness;
for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.