1 Chronicles 28:2-9
2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; I ahad it within my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and for bthe footstool of the feet of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. 3 But God said to me, ‘aYou shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4 Yet, Yahweh, the God of Israel, achose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel bforever. For cHe has chosen Judah to be a ruler; and din the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 5 aNow of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), bHe has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. 6 And He said to me, ‘Your son aSolomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. 7 And I will establish his kingdom forever aif he will be strong to do My commandments and My judgments, as is done now.’ 8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek after all the commandments of Yahweh your God so that you may possess the good land and cause your sons after you to inherit it forever.
9 “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and aserve Him with a whole heart and a delighted soul; bfor Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. cIf you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
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