² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: ^(A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for ^(B)the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it. ³ But God said to me, ^(C)‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed ^(D)blood.’

² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: ^(A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for ^(B)the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it. ³ But God said to me, ^(C)‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed ^(D)blood.’

⁶ Now He said to me, ‘It is ^(A)your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father. ⁷ Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, ^(B)if he is steadfast to observe My commandments and My judgments, as it is this day.’ ⁸ Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, be careful to seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land, and leave it as an inheritance for your children after you forever.

⁹ “As for you, my son Solomon, ^(C)know the God of your father, and serve Him ^(D)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for ^(E)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. ^(F)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will ^(G)cast you off forever. ¹⁰ Consider now, ^(H)for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”

¹¹ Then David gave his son Solomon ^(I)the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat; ¹² and the ^(J)plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, of all the chambers all around, ^(K)of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things;

⁶ Now He said to me, ‘It is ^(A)your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father. ⁷ Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, ^(B)if he is steadfast to observe My commandments and My judgments, as it is this day.’ ⁸ Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, be careful to seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land, and leave it as an inheritance for your children after you forever.

⁹ “As for you, my son Solomon, ^(C)know the God of your father, and serve Him ^(D)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for ^(E)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. ^(F)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will ^(G)cast you off forever. ¹⁰ Consider now, ^(H)for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”

¹¹ Then David gave his son Solomon ^(I)the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat; ¹² and the ^(J)plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, of all the chambers all around, ^(K)of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things;