2 Chronicles 6:5-11 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I did not make choice of any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be therein; nor did I make choice of any man to be a ruler over my people of Israel;

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I did not make choice of any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be therein; nor did I make choice of any man to be a ruler over my people of Israel; ⁶ But I have made choice of Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have made choice of David to be over my people Israel, ⁷ And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel. ⁸ But the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well in that it was in thy heart: ⁹ Nevertheless thou shalt not thyself build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. ¹⁰ And the Lord hath fulfilled his word that he hath spoken; and I am risen up in the stead of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord hath spoken, and I have built the house unto the name of the Lord the God of Israel. ¹¹ And I have placed there the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord which he hath made with the children of Israel.