1 Chronicles 22:5-7

Jubilee Bible 2000

⁵ And David said, Solomon, my son, is yet young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be magnificent par excellence, of fame and of glory throughout all lands; I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

⁶ ¶ Then he called for Solomon, his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

⁷ And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God;