³ “You know that ^(A)David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; ^[a]I ^(A)had intended to build a ^[b]permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for ^(B)the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it.