Thematic Bible: David undertakes the building of
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And King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. {I myself wanted} to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build.
And the king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, please, I [am] living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God [is] staying in the middle of the tent." Nathan said to the king, "Go and do all that [is] in your heart, for Yahweh [is] with you."
And David said to Solomon his son, "I myself had in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,
How he swore to Yahweh, he vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: "I will not enter into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed, I will give no sleep to my eyes, [no] slumber to my eyelids, read more.
until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.