1 Chronicles 28:3-5

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³ But God said to me, You shall not build a house for My Name [and Presence], because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.

⁴ However, the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me before all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah he chose the house of my father; and among the sons of my father He was pleased to make me king over all Israel;

⁵ And of all my sons, for the Lord has given me many sons, He has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.