5. ‘I brought my people out of Egypt. But I have not yet chosen a city in any tribe of Israel for my temple. This is where I have chosen to be worshiped. I have not chosen a man to lead my people, the Israelites.
6. But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place I am to be worshiped. And I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
7. “My father David wanted to build a temple as a place to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
8. But the Lord said to my father, ‘David, it was good that you wanted to build a temple as a place to worship me.