do_v it_o again_o when_o hezekiah_n restore_v the_o purity_n of_o god_n worship_n which_o his_o father_n ahaz_n have_v pollute_v it_o be_v say_v 29.25_o 2_o chron._n 29.25_o that_o he_o set_v the_o levite_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n with_o cymbal_n with_o psaltery_n and_o with_o harp_n according_a to_o the_o commandment_n of_o david_n and_o of_o gad_n the_o king_n seer_n and_o of_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n for_o say_v the_o text_n so_o be_v god_n commandment_n by_o the_o prophet_n whence_o it_o plain_o appear_v that_o david_n do_v no_o more_o in_o these_o particular_n than_o what_o god_n himself_o have_v by_o his_o prophet_n command_v and_o therefore_o when_o david_n give_v to_o solomon_n his_o son_n the_o pattern_n of_o god_n house_n and_o of_o all_o the_o room_n and_o apartment_n in_o it_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o pattern_n of_o all_o that_o he_o have_v by_o the_o spirit_n among_o which_o thing_n be_v reckon_v 19_o 1_o chron._n 28.12_o v._o 19_o the_o course_n of_o 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