⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

³ You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.

¹ It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.

² that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.

³ Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.

¹⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

⁷ David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

² 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 made ready for the building.

³ But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.

⁴ However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;