David Assembles His Commanders

28 And ^(A)David assembled at Jerusalem all the commanders of Israel, the commanders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the commanders over all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and ^(B)the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor. ² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; I ^(C)had it within my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and for ^(D)the footstool of the feet of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. ³ But God said to me, ‘^(E)You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ ⁴ Yet, Yahweh, the God of Israel, ^(F)chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel ^(G)forever. For ^(H)He has chosen Judah to be a ruler; and ^(I)in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. ^5 (J)Now of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), ^(K)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. ⁶ And He said to me, ‘Your son ^(L)Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. ⁷ And I will establish his kingdom forever ^(M)if he will be strong to do My commandments and My judgments, as ^[a]is done now.’ ⁸ So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek after all the commandments of Yahweh your God so that you may possess the good land and cause your sons after you to inherit it forever.