1 Chronicles 28:3
“But God said vnto me, Thou shalt not builde an house for my Name, because thou hast been a man of warre, and hast shed blood.”
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1 Chronicles 28:3 Context
1And Dauid assembled all the Princes of Israel, the Princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministred to the king by course: and the captaines ouer the thousands, and captaines ouer the hundreds, and the stewards ouer all the substance and possession of the King, and of his sonnes, with the officers, and with the mightie men, and with all the valiant men, vnto Ierusalem. 2Then Dauid the king stood vp vpon his feete, and said, Heare me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to builde an house of rest for the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord, and for the footestoole of our God, & had made ready for the building. 3But God said vnto me, Thou shalt not builde an house for my Name, because thou hast been a man of warre, and hast shed blood. 4Howbeit, the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be king ouer Israel for euer: for he hath chosen Iudah to be the ruler; & of the house of Iudah, the house of my father; and among the sonnes of my father, he liked me to make me king ouer all Israel: 5And of all my sonnes (for the Lord hath giuen me many sonnes) hee hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the throne of the kingdome of the Lord ouer Israel.
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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.
- King James Version
"But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)