1 Chronicles 28:2-4

Common English Bible

Listen to me, my relatives and my people. I wanted to build a temple as the permanent home for the chest containing the Lord’s covenant, our God’s footrest. But when I prepared to build it, ³ God said to me, You must not build a temple for my name, because you are a military man and you’ve shed blood. ⁴ The Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole household to become king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and within Judah’s family, my household, and among my father’s family he was pleased with me, making me king over all Israel.