He told them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> your God is with you!<n id="2" /> He has made you secure on every side,<n id="3" /> for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region<n id="4" /> and the region<n id="5" /> is subdued before the <sc>Lordsc> and his people.

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>

So now, in the sight of all Israel, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this:<n id="1" /> Carefully observe<n id="2" /> all the commands of the <sc>Lordsc> your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.p>

<p class="bodytext">David told the entire assembly: &#8220;Praise the <sc>Lordsc> your God!&#8221; So the entire assembly praised the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the <sc>Lordsc> and the king.p>