&#8220;Go, tell David, &#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8220;I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;&#8220;I declare to you that the <sc>Lordsc> will build a dynastic house<n id="1" /> for you!

O <sc>Lordsc>, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign<n id="1" /> over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler<n id="2" /> of all.

<p class="poetry">saying, &#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaanp> <p class="poetry">as the portion of your inheritance.&#8221;p>

Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!p>

Gad went to David and told him, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;Pick one of these:

But a spirit<n id="1" /> empowered<n id="2" /> Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said:<n id="3" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;We are yours, O David!p> <p class="bodytext">We support<n id="4" /> you, O son of Jesse!p> <p class="bodytext">May you greatly prosper!<n id="5" />p> <p class="bodytext">May those who help you prosper!<n id="6" />p> <p class="bodytext">Indeed<n id="7" /> your God helps you!&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.p>

&#8220;Go, tell my servant David: &#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8220;You must not build me a house in which to live.

I was with you wherever you went and I defeated<n id="1" /> all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.<n id="2" />

You made Israel your very own nation for all time.<n id="1" /> You, O <sc>Lordsc>, became their God.

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.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much?<n id="1" /> Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.<n id="2" />

O <sc>Lordsc> our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel&#8217;s commanding general.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> your God said to you, &#8216;You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.&#8217;&#8221;

And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation<n id="1" /> in the earth? Their God<n id="2" /> went to claim<n id="3" /> a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds<n id="4" /> when you drove out<n id="5" /> nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.<n id="6" />

the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, &#8220;Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy?<n id="1" /> No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!&#8221;<n id="2" />

Ornan told David, &#8220;You can have it!<n id="1" /> My master, the king, may do what he wants.<n id="2" /> Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.&#8221;

King David replied to Ornan, &#8220;No, I insist on buying it for top price.<n id="1" /> I will not offer to the <sc>Lordsc> what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice<n id="2" /> that cost me nothing.<n id="3" />

Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man.<n id="1" /> I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side.<n id="2" /> Indeed, Solomon<n id="3" /> will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And you, Solomon my son, obey<n id="1" /> the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit,<n id="2" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> examines all minds and understands every motive of one&#8217;s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him,<n id="3" /> but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.