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1 Chronicles 28:2

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

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KJV King James Version

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

WEB World English Bible

Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

ASV American Standard Version

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And David the king riseth on his feet, and saith, ‘Hear me, my brethren and my people, I—with my heart—to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build,

Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 28

1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou [hast been] a man of war, and hast shed blood.

4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

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וַיָּ֨קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamai דָּוִ֤ידH1732 · da.vidDavid הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428 · me.lekhking עַל־H5921 · alupon רַגְלָ֔יוH7272 · re.gelfoot וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto say שְׁמָע֖וּנִיH8085 · sha.mato hear: hear אַחַ֣יH251 · achbrother: male-sibling וְעַמִּ֑יH5971 · ampeople אֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niI עִם־H5973 · imwith לְבָבִ֡יH3824 · le.vavheart לִבְנוֹת֩H1129 · ba.nahto build בֵּ֨יתH1004 · betplace מְנוּחָ֜הH4496 · me.nu.chahNohah לַאֲר֣וֹןH727 · a.ronark בְּרִית־H1285 · be.ritcovenant יְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD וְלַהֲדֹם֙H1916 · ha.domfootstool רַגְלֵ֣יH7272 · re.gelfoot אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּH430 · e.lo.himGod וַהֲכִינ֖וֹתִיH3559 · kunto establish: prepare לִבְנֽוֹת׃H1129 · ba.nahto build

Cross-references

Psalm 99:5Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?Lamentations 2:1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, [and] cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!1 Chronicles 17:1-2Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under curtains.1 Chronicles 22:14Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.Psalm 132:14This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.Genesis 48:2And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.1 Chronicles 22:2-5And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.Deuteronomy 17:20That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.1 Chronicles 11:1-3Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.2 Samuel 7:1-2And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;Deuteronomy 17:15Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.Acts 7:49Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?Psalm 22:22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.Hebrews 2:11-12For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,1 Kings 8:17-18And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.Psalm 132:3-8Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;1 Chronicles 6:31And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

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