[Cvengr]

It’s struck me that when David sought to build a house for God, yet He was the one to determine when and where His house would be built.

[editor-surveyor]

“It’s struck me that when David sought to build a house for God, yet He was the one to determine when and where His house would be built.”

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Are you sure that yuou want to stand by that idea? Scripture indicates that he followed YHWH’s will, and even yielded to him by not building the temple that he so desired to build.
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