- 大卫招聚以色列各支派的首领和轮班服事王的军长,与千夫长,百夫长,掌管王和王子产业牲畜的,并太监,以及大能的勇士,都到耶路撒冷来。
- 大卫王就站起来,说,我的弟兄,我的百姓阿,你们当听我言,我心里本想建造殿宇,安放耶和华的约柜,作为我神的脚凳。我已经预备建造的材料。
- 只是神对我说,你不可为我的名建造殿宇。因你是战士,流了人的血。
- 然而,耶和华以色列的神在我父的全家拣选我作以色列的王,直到永远。因他拣选犹大为首领。在犹大支派中拣选我父家,在我父的众子里喜悦我,立我作以色列众人的王。
- 耶和华赐我许多儿子,在我儿子中拣选所罗门坐耶和华的国位,治理以色列人。
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- David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men and all the brave warriors.
- King David rose to his feet and said: "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it.
- But God said to me, 'You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.'
- "Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah he chose my family, and from my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
- Of all my sons--and the LORD has given me many--he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
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