1 Chronicles 28:5-6

28:5 From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. ¹  28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

[28:5]  ¹ tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the Lord has given to me, he chose Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.”