He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.<n id="1" />

Now, O <sc>Lordsc>, you are the true God;<n id="1" /> you have made this good promise to your servant.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">At that time, when David saw that the <sc>Lordsc> responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.

Now the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center<n id="1" /> in Gibeon.

David then said, &#8220;This is the place where the temple of the <sc>Lordsc> God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The first lot went to Asaph&#8217;s son Joseph and his relatives and sons &#8211; twelve in all,<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons &#8211; twelve in all,p>

Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab;<n id="1" /> he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel&#8217;s brother:p> <p class="bodytext">His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah,<n id="1" /> the father of Hebron.p>

and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel.p> <p class="bodytext">They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.

Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem.<n id="1" />

The residents of Jebus said to David, &#8220;You cannot invade this place!&#8221; But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

He received honor from<n id="1" /> the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.p>

<p class="bodytext">David was angry because the <sc>Lordsc> attacked Uzzah;<n id="1" /> so he called that place Perez Uzzah,<n id="2" /> which remains its name to this very day.

David was afraid of God that day and said, &#8220;How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?&#8221;

I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">In a battle in Gath<n id="1" /> there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot &#8211; twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

Shelomith<n id="1" /> and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers.

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan, David&#8217;s uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe;<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for<n id="2" /> the king&#8217;s sons.p>

He said to me, &#8216;Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.