1 Chronicles 28:2-3 ▼

2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; I had it within my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and for the footstool of the feet of our God. So I had made preparations to build it.

3 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.’