Deuteronomy 7:8

8but ait is because the Lord loves you and is keeping bthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 17:22

22And you made your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.

2 Chronicles 2:11

11Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, c“Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.”
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