David’s prayer

¹⁶ Then King David went and sat in the Lord’s presence. He asked:

22 Then David said, “This is where the Lord God’s temple will be, along with Israel’s altar for entirely burned offerings.”

¹⁹ Now then, dedicate yourselves to seeking the Lord your God. Get to work and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the chest containing the Lord’s covenant together with God’s holy equipment may be brought into the temple built for the Lord’s name.”

²⁰ “Be strong and courageous,” David said to his son Solomon. “Get to work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, because the Lord God, my God, is with you. He’ll neither let you down nor leave you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is done.

Offerings for building the temple

29 Then King David said to the whole assembly:

⁹ Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be fulfilled because you have made me king over a people as numerous as the earth’s dust.

¹⁸ and confronted King Uzziah.

“You have no right, Uzziah,” he said, “to burn incense to the Lord! That privilege belongs to the priests, Aaron’s descendants, who have been ordained to burn incense. Get out of this holy place because you have been unfaithful! The Lord God won’t honor you for this.”

¹⁶ The Assyrian king’s servants continued to make fun of the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.