^{3 Ref} But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.

^{4 Ref} However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has 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 Ref} Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel.

^{6 Ref} He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.