2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it ^pin my heart to build a house of rest ^qfor the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the ^rfootstool of our God, and ^sI made preparations for building. 3 But God said to me, ^t‘You may not build a house ^ufor my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’