1 Chronicles 28:3

“You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.

“Go and say to David My servant, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You shall not build Me a house to inhabit;

“But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me.

David also commanded all the officials of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,