1 Chronicles 28:3-5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³ And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

⁴ But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.

⁵ And among my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.