1 Chronicles 28:2

The expression, David the king stood up upon his feet , probably means to emphasize the fact that hitherto, having been in a sitting or recumbent position, owing to his age and infirmity, he now with effort forced himself to stand in the presence of the unusual congregation and in consideration of what he felt was due to the occasion. He had not lost the man and the brother in his official and exalted rank, and, following ancient precedents ( Genesis 29:4 ; 19:23 ; 2 Samuel 19:12 ), he addresses the congregation as my brethren, and my people . David says he had it in his heart to build a house of rest, i.e. an abiding house ( Psalms 132:8 , Psalms 132:14 ) for the ark of the covenant , instead of the moving one, and for the footstool of our God . By this he means the mercy-seat, to which especial allusion is made 1 Chronicles 28:11 ( בֵּת הַכַּפֹרֶת ). God is often spoken of as "dwelling between the cherubim,'' and sometimes ( Psalms 99:1 ) as " sitting between the cherubim," which were over the lid of the ark, called the mercy-seat.