my servant David.

1 Kings 5:3
"As you are aware, because of the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.

1 Kings 8:16-19
Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.' . . .

1 Chronicles 17:4
"Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build a house for Me to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 22:7, 8
"My son, " said David to Solomon, "it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, . . .

1 Chronicles 23:3
The Levites thirty years of age and older were counted, and the total number of men was 38, 000.