1 Chronicles 28:4-6

New English Translation

⁴ The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty.^[a] Indeed,^[b] he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.^{[c] 5} From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.^{[d] 6} He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.