But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

O offspring of Israel his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.

Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel,

And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.

And now, O Lord, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken,

and your name will be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you.

For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.

And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you, for it is you, O Lord, who have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”

And David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”