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. 1 I have made the preparations for building it. 28:3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, 2 for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’
1 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
2 tn Heb “for my name.”