28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 3 I have made the preparations for building it.
1 tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.
2 tn Heb “went down to.”
3 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the