Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'
2 Chronicles 6:6
Surrounding context
6:5 "Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.
6:6 Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'
6:7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.