Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.
And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God;
But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.
Until I find a place for the Lord, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”