Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.
and seide, Þou knowist þe wille of Dauid, my fadir, and for he miyte not bilde an hows to þe name of his God, for batels neiyynge bi cumpas, til þe Lord yaf hem vndur þe step of hise feet.