not the one to build it.’ Many years later David said to his son Solomon, ‘My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God. But this word of the LORD came to me: “You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a home for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest … He is the one who will build a house for my Name’ (1 Chronicles 22:7–10). It would have been natural