⁹ “As for you, my son Solomon, ^(A)know the God of your father, and serve Him ^(B)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for ^(C)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. ^(D)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will ^(E)cast you off forever. ¹⁰ Consider now, ^(F)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 ^(G)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 ^(H)plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, of all the chambers all around, ^(I)of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things;

¹⁹ “All this,” said David, ^(A)“the Lord made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the ^[a]works of these plans.”