1 Chronicles 28:3

but God said, You shall not build me a house to call my name upon it, for you are a man of war, and have shed blood.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

In Context

2And David stood in the midst of the assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared materials suitable for the building:

4Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of the whole house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; and he chose Juda as the kingly house, and out of the house of Juda he chose the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he preferred me, that I should be king over all Israel.

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:3You knew + 5:3 Or, that my father David, etc. my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God + 5:3 Gr. from the face of. Hebraism. because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the + 5:3 Or, steps. soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 22:8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have carried on great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth before me.

2 Chronicles 6:9Nevertheless you shall not build the house; for your son who shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 28:2-11

David's Charge to the People. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and… Read the whole commentary →

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