1Ch 28:2-3 | ESV | STEP | Then King David rose to his feet and said : Hear me, my brothers and my people . I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God , and I made preparations for building .

b Ps. 99:5; 132:7; Isa. 66:1; Lam. 2:1; [Ps. 110:1]

1 Chronicles 28:2-3

2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. ^aI had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the ^bfootstool of our God, and I made preparations for building. 3 But God said to me, ^c‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’