1 Chronicles 28:2–7

²King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart^t to build a house as a place of rest^u for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool^v of our God, and I made plans to build it.^{w 3}But God said to me,^x ‘You are not to build a house for my Name,^y because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’^z

⁴“Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me^a from my whole family^b to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah^c as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.^{d 5}Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many^e—he has chosen my son Solomon^f to sit on the throne^g of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. ⁶He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build^h my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son,ⁱ and I will be his father. ⁷I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws,^j as is being done at this time.’