1 Chronicles 28:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And the king rising up, and standing said: Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord, and the footstool of our God might rest: and I prepared all things for the building.

³ And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

⁴ But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.