1 Chronicles 22:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 'You have shed much blood, and you have battled in many wars. You are not able to build a house to my name, so great was the shedding of blood before me.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:20

Truly now, my lord the king, the eyes of all of Israel look with favor upon you, that you may indicate to them who ought to sit upon your throne, my lord the king, after you.

1 Kings 5:17

And the king ordered them to bring great stones, precious stones, for the foundation of the temple, and to square them.

1 Kings 5:3

"You know the will of my father David, and that he was not able to build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were imminent all around him, until the Lord set them under the steps of his feet.

1 Kings 8:19

Yet truly, you shall not build a house for me. Instead, your son, who shall go forth from your loins, he himself shall build a house to my name.'

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me: 'You shall not build a house to my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.'

Numbers 31:20

And all of the spoils, whether it is a garment, or a vessel, or another useful thing, made from the pelts or hair of goats, or from wood, shall be expiated."

Numbers 31:24

And you shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and, after having been purified, you shall enter the camp."