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the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, "Just because David has sent men with condolences for you, do you really believe he's showing respect for your father? Instead, hasn't David sent his emissaries in order to scout out, overthrow, and spy on the land?"

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king's command was detestable to him.

David said to God, "I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now, please take away Your servant's guilt, for I've been very foolish."

David answered Gad, "I'm in anguish. Please, let me fall into the Lord 's hands because His mercies are very great, but don't let me fall into human hands."

but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was terrified of the sword of the Lord 's angel.

and innumerable cedar logs because the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.

but the word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.

"Notice I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the Lord —3,775 tons of gold, 37,750 tons of silver, and bronze and iron that can't be weighed because there is so much of it. I have also provided timber and stone, but you will need to add more to them.

Also, to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their ancestral houses because they were strong, capable men.

Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn't complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census, and the number was not entered in the Historical Record of King David.

but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'

Then King David said to all the assembly, "My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the temple will not be for man but for the Lord God.

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I've provided for the holy house:

Then the people rejoiced because of their leaders' willingness to give, for they had given to the Lord with a whole heart. King David also rejoiced greatly.

Solomon and the whole assembly with him went to the high place that was in Gibeon because God's tent of meeting, which the Lord 's servant Moses had made in the wilderness, was there.

Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,

to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

Then King Hiram of Tyre wrote a letter and sent it to Solomon: Because the Lord loves His people, He set you over them as king.

King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel who had gathered around him were in front of the ark sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered because there were so many.

And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled God's temple.