2 Chronicles 6:5-7

Revised Geneva Translation

⁵ ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel to build a House, so that My Name might be there. Nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

⁶ ‘But I have chosen Jerusalem, so that My Name might be there. And I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

⁷ “And it was in the heart of David, my father, to build a House to the Name of the LORD God of Israel.