1 Chronicles 28:2-9

2Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I 1had 2intended to build a 3permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for 4the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. 3But God said to me, ‘5You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4Yet, the Lord, the God of Israel, 6chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel 7forever. For 8He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and 9in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 510Of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons), 11He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6He said to me, ‘Your son 12Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. 7I will establish his kingdom forever 13if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as 14is done now.’ 8So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek after all the commandments of the Lord your God so that you may possess the good land and bequeath it to your sons after you forever.

9“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and 15serve Him with 16a whole heart and a willing 17mind; 18for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. 19If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.