1 Chronicles 28:2-4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² Then King David rose to his feet and said, ‘Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant^(A) and as a footstool^(B) for our God. I had made preparations to build, ³ but God said to me, “You are not to build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.”^(C)

⁴ ‘Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family^(D) to be king over Israel for ever.^(E) For he chose Judah as leader,^(F) and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons,^(G) he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.