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1 Chronicles 21:9-11
New Catholic Bible
1 Chronicles 21:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 [a]The Lord then spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying, 10 “Go and speak to David saying: Thus says the Lord: ‘I will offer you three options. Choose one of them so that I might do it to you.’ ”
11 Gad came to David and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Choose for yourself
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- 1 Chronicles 21:9 David is not the one who will build the temple. But the Chronicler wants to attribute to him at least the initiative in this undertaking. Thus the king makes careful preparations for the building, and Solomon simply executes his plans. David’s liturgical work will mark the completion of the unity he is seeking, by bringing the entire people together in the one temple.
