17 (A)David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying, 18 “Is not the Lord your God with you? And (B)has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and before His people. 19 Now (C)set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, (D)so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built (E)for the name of the Lord.”

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