2 Chronicles 6:5-7

International Children’s Bible

⁵ ‘I brought my people out of Egypt. But I have not yet chosen a city in any tribe of Israel for my temple. This is where I have chosen to be worshiped. I have not chosen a man to lead my people, the Israelites. ⁶ But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place I am to be worshiped. And I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

⁷ “My father David wanted to build a temple as a place to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.