1 Chronicles 28:2-4

New King James Version

² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: ^(A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for ^(B)the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it. ³ But God said to me, ^(C)‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed ^(D)blood.’ ⁴ However the Lord God of Israel ^(E)chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen ^(F)Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, ^(G)the house of my father, and ^(H)among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.