1 Chronicles 28:2-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant^(A) and as a footstool^(B) for our God. I had made preparations to build, ³ but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’^(C)