1 Chronicles 13:2

13:2 David said to the whole Israelite assembly, “If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, ¹  let’s spread the word ²  to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, ³  so they may join us.

1 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ⁴  and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. ⁵  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

1 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁶  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁷  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

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¹ tn Heb “If to you [it is] good and from the Lord our God.”

² tn Heb “let us spread and let us send.” The words “the word” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Heb “in the cities of their pasturelands.”

⁴ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

⁷ tn Heb “for my name.”