1 Chronicles 22:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:20

And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

1 Kings 5:17

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

1 Kings 5:3

You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

1 Kings 8:19

But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;

Numbers 31:20

And every bit of clothing, and anything made of leather or goats' hair or wood, you are to make clean.

Numbers 31:24

And on the seventh day, after washing your clothing, you will be clean, and then you may come into the tent-circle.