2 Then David the king rose to his feet and said:

“Hear me, my brothers and my people. As for me, it was close to my heart+ to build a resting house for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and as the footstool+ of our God, and I had made preparation to build.+

66 This is what Jehovah has said: “The heavens are my throne,+ and the earth is my footstool.+ Where, then, is the house that YOU people can build for me,+ and where, then, is the place as a resting-place for me?”+

49 ‘The heaven is my throne,+ and the earth is my footstool.+ What sort of house will YOU build for me? Jehovah* says. Or what is the place for my resting?+