1. Ha'aretz 1 March 1998, cited in Stephen Sizer, "The Temple in Contemporary Chistian Zionism," in Heaven on Earth. The Temple in Biblical Theology, ed. by T. Desmond Alexander & Simon Gathercole (Leicester: Paternoster, 2004),245-66 (259).
2. Of course, this only reflects my won shortcoming. If you know of any such literature I shall be glad to hear from you.
3. The account is repeated with slight variation in 1 Chron 17:4-14. These differences do not affect the fundamental point we make here. For an exploration into the significance of the differences between these two accounts, see Carl E. Armeding, "'Did I Ever Ask For A House of Cedar?' The Contribution of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles 17 to the Theology of the Temple", in Heaven on Earth. The Temple in Biblical Theology, ed. by T. Desmond Alexander & Simon Gathercole (Leicester: Paternoster, 2004), 35-47.
4. The difference can be accounted for by their differing purpose. Very briefly, Kings (and the Deuteronomistic Historian) is concerned with the search for a king after Yahweh's heart while the Chronicler is concerned with the search for a true worshipper in the king, and generally is more prepared to overlook the shortcomings of Israel's kings. Generally speaking, the Chronicler is more forgiving of Israel's leaders For a possible solution to the variation, see Carl Armeding cited above.
5. There is no parallel passage in Kings.