1 Chronicles 28:3-6 But God said unto me: Thou shalt not build a house for My name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ But God said unto me: Thou shalt not build a house for My name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood. ⁴ Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; ⁵ and of all my sons - for the LORD hath given me many sons - He hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. ⁶ And He said unto me: Solomon thy son, he shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be to Me for a son, and I will be to him for a father.