1 Chronicles 28:2-9

2Then KingH4428 DavidH1732 roseH6965 to his feetH7272 and saidH559, “ListenH8085 to me, my brothersH251 and my peopleH5971; 1I 2had intendedH3824 to buildH1129 a 3permanentH4496 homeH1004 for the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 and for 4the footstoolH1916H7272 of our GodH430. So I had madeH3559 preparationsH3559 to buildH1129 it. 3But GodH430 saidH559 to me, ‘5You shall not buildH1129 a houseH1004 for My nameH8034, becauseH3588 you are a manH376 of warH4421 and have shedH8210 bloodH1818.’ 4Yet, the LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, 6choseH977 me from allH3605 the householdH1004 of my fatherH1 to be kingH4428 overH5921 IsraelH3478 7foreverH5769. For 8He has chosenH977 JudahH3063 to be a leaderH5057; and 9in the houseH1004 of JudahH3063, my father’sH1 houseH1004, and among the sonsH1121 of my fatherH1 He tookH7521 pleasureH7521 in me to makeH4427 me kingH4427 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478. 510Of allH3605 my sonsH1121 (for the LordH3068 has givenH5414 me manyH7227 sonsH1121), 11He has chosenH977 my sonH1121 SolomonH8010 to sitH3427 on the throneH3678 of the kingdomH4438 of the LordH3068 overH5921 IsraelH3478. 6He saidH559 to me, ‘Your sonH1121 12SolomonH8010 is the one whoH1931 shall buildH1129 My houseH1004 and My courtyardsH2691; for I have chosenH977 him to be a sonH1121 to Me, and I will be a FatherH1 to him. 7I will establishH3559 his kingdomH4438 foreverH5704H5769 13ifH518 he resolutelyH2388 performsH6213 My commandmentsH4687 and My ordinancesH4941, as 14is done nowH3117.’ 8So nowH6258, in the sightH5869 of allH3605 IsraelH3478, the assemblyH6951 of the LordH3068, and in the 15presenceH241 of our GodH430, keepH8104 and seekH1875 afterH1875 allH3605 the commandmentsH4687 of the LordH3068 your GodH430 soH4616 thatH4616 you may possessH5157 the goodH2896 landH776 and leaveH5157 it asH5157 anH5157 inheritanceH5157 to your sonsH1121 afterH310 you foreverH5704H5769.

9“As for you, my sonH1121 SolomonH8010, knowH3045 the GodH430 of your fatherH1, and 16serveH5647 Him wholeheartedlyH8003H3820 and with a willingH2655 17mindH5315; 18for the LordH3068 searchesH1875 allH3605 heartsH3824, and understandsH995 everyH3605 intentH3336 of the thoughtsH4284. 19IfH518 you seekH1875 Him, He will let you findH4672 Him; but ifH518 you forsakeH5800 Him, He will rejectH2186 you foreverH5703.