<p class="bodytext">He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.

David said to Solomon: &#8220;My son, I really wanted<n id="1" /> to build a temple to honor<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> my God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When David had settled into his palace,<n id="1" /> he<n id="2" /> said to Nathan the prophet, &#8220;Look, I am living in a palace<n id="3" /> made from cedar, while the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant is under a tent.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred.<n id="1" />

David took the crown from the head of their king<n id="1" /> and wore it<n id="2" /> (its weight was a talent<n id="3" /> of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

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">There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite,<n id="1" /> whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver&#8217;s loom.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,

Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.p>

<p class="bodytext">Elihu, a brother of David, led Judah,p> <p class="bodytext">Omri son of Michael led Issachar,p>

For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt<n id="1" /> to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.<n id="2" />

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" />

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors;<n id="1" /> our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.<n id="2" />

But the <sc>Lordsc> said to me:<n id="1" /> &#8216;You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me,<n id="2" /> for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.<n id="1" />

This is the list of David&#8217;s warriors:<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers.<n id="2" /> He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle.<n id="3" />p>

He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.p>

<p class="bodytext">The ninth, assigned the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.p>

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.

&#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.