1 Tawarikh 28:2

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. ¹  I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Tawarikh 29:17-18

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ²  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ³  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you. 29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. ⁴ 

[28:2]  ¹ tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

[29:17]  ² tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ³ tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”

[29:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”