28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 5 I have made the preparations for building it.
1 tn Heb “man of rest.”
2 tn Heb “his enemies all around.”
3 sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
4 tn Heb “in his days.”
5 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the