<p class="poetry">Ascribe to the <sc>Lordsc>, O families of the nations,p> <p class="poetry">ascribe to the <sc>Lordsc> splendor and strength!p>

<p class="poetry">Ascribe to the <sc>Lordsc> the splendor he deserves!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Bring an offering and enter his presence!p> <p class="poetry">Worship the <sc>Lordsc> in holy attire!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Seek the <sc>Lordsc> and the strength he gives!p> <p class="poetry">Seek his presence<n id="1" /> continually!p>

<p class="poetry">He is the <sc>Lordsc> our God;p> <p class="poetry">he carries out judgment throughout the earth.<n id="1" />p>

Now seek the <sc>Lordsc> your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being!<n id="1" /> Get up and build the sanctuary of the <sc>Lordsc> God! Then you can bring<n id="2" /> the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God&#8217;s service<n id="3" /> into the temple that is built to honor the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the <sc>Lordsc> and did not obey the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.<n id="1" />

He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.

<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel be praised,p> <p class="poetry">in the future and forevermore.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then all the people said, &#8220;We agree!<n id="2" /> Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!&#8221;p>

regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc> on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the <sc>Lordsc> which he charged Israel to observe.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">David went in, sat before the <sc>Lordsc>, and said: &#8220;Who am I, O <sc>Lordsc> God, and what is my family,<n id="1" /> that you should have brought me to this point?

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build<n id="1" /> an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

David built there an altar to the <sc>Lordsc> and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings.<n id="1" /> He called out to the <sc>Lordsc>, and the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now, my son, may the <sc>Lordsc> be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the <sc>Lordsc> your God, just as he announced you would.<n id="1" />

Only may the <sc>Lordsc> give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey<n id="1" /> the law of the <sc>Lordsc> your God.

and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the <sc>Lordsc> on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the <sc>Lordsc> regularly in accordance with regulations.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor<n id="1" /> Aaron, just as the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel had instructed him.<n id="2" />p>

From all the many sons the <sc>Lordsc> has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">He gave him the regulations<n id="1" /> for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">David praised the <sc>Lordsc> before the entire assembly:<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;O <sc>Lordsc> God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

They held a feast<n id="1" /> before the <sc>Lordsc> that day and celebrated.<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">Then they designated Solomon, David&#8217;s son, as king a second time;<n id="3" /> before the <sc>Lordsc> they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.