1 Chronicles 22:5
King James Version
“And David said, Solomon my son young and tender, and the house to be builded for the LORD exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.”
Context
2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5And David said, Solomon my son young and tender, and the house to be builded for the LORD exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
8But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.