28 3 Because David was forbidden to build the Temple, he willeth Solomon and the people to perform it. 8 Exhorting him to fear the Lord.

Now David assembled all the princes of Israel: the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the bands that served the King, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers of all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the [a]eunuchs, and the mighty, and all the men of power, unto Jerusalem.

And King David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear ye me, my brethren and my people: I purposed to have built an house of [b]rest for the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for a (A)footstool of our God, and have made ready for the building,

But God said unto me, (B)Thou shalt not build an house for my Name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 28:1 Or, chief servants, Gen. 37:36.
  2. 1 Chronicles 28:2 Where the Ark should remain, and remove no more to and fro.

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