1 Chronicles 28:2-6 ▼

2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “ Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the LORD’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,

3 but God said to me, ‘ You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

4 “ Yet the LORD God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household to be king over Israel forever . For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s household, and from my father’s sons, He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

5 And out of all my sons  — for the LORD has given me many sons  — He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD’s kingdom over Israel.

6 He said to me, ‘ Your son Solomon is the one who is to build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his father.