that my name might be therein The expression in the Pentateuch is constant about the place which is dedicated to the worship of God: -God records His name there" (Exodus 20:24); -God chooses it to put His name there" (Deuteronomy 12:5); -God chooses it to cause His name to dwell there" (Deuteronomy 12:11). In Exodus 20:24 the phrase is -in all places," because by that code it was contemplated that the place set apart for worship would be changed from time to time, and before the one permanent place was fixed upon, there would be many places where God was worshipped. Deuteronomy represents the ideal to be aimed at when the people were established in Canaan.

but I chose David This is expanded in 2 Chronicles 6:6 so as to include both the place and the person. -But I have chosen Jerusalem that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel." The LXX. also has the same clause. The language of this verse in Kings seems almost to imply some opposition (or difference in the way of choice) between the material structure and the person.

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