1 Chronicles 28:3-6

New King James Version

³ But God said to me, ^(A)‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed ^(B)blood.’ ⁴ However the Lord God of Israel ^(C)chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen ^(D)Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, ^(E)the house of my father, and ^(F)among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel. ^5 (G)And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) ^(H)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. ⁶ Now He said to me, ‘It is ^(I)your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.