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Since the day, etc. - Mention is here made, says Dr. Kennicott, of some one place and some one person preferred before all others; and the preference is that of Jerusalem to other places, and of David to other men. In consequence of this remark, we shall see the necessity of correcting this passage by its parallel in 2Ch 6:5, 2Ch 6:6, where the thirteen Hebrew words now lost in Kings are happily preserved. Let us compare the passages: -
1 Kings 2 Chronicles
Since to day that I brought forth my people Since the day that I brought forth my people
Israel out of Egypt, I chose no City out of the land of Egypt, I chose no City
out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in,
that my name might be therein; that my name might be there; neither chose I
any Man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name
but I chose David to be might be there; and have chosen David to be
over my people Israel. over my people Israel.
I would just observe here, that I do not think these thirteen words ever made a part of Kings, and consequently, are not lost from it; nor do they exist here in any of the versions; but their being found in Chronicles helps to complete the sense.