God removed him and made David the king. Here’s what God said about him: ‘David, the son of Jesse, is a man dear to my heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’
He was on good terms with God, and he asked if he could build a real house for the God of Jacob to live in.
God knows the human heart, and he showed that he accepted the Gentiles by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.
“David carried out God’s purpose in his own generation, but when he died, he was buried with his people and his body rotted away.