1 Chronicles 28:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ “But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a House for My Name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.’

⁴ “Still, the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the House of my father, to be king over Israel forever (for He would choose a prince in Judah, and of the House of Judah is the House of my father, and among the sons of my father He delighted in me to make me king over all Israel).

⁵ “So of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons), He has chosen Solomon, my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD, over Israel.