1 Chronicles 22:8

Modern English Version

but the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You shall not build a house for My name because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:20

And you, my lord, O king, all the eyes of Israel are upon you that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

1 Kings 5:17

At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

1 Kings 5:3

“You know how David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars all around him, until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have spilled much blood.’

Numbers 31:20

Purify all your clothes, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”

Numbers 31:24

You will wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be clean, and afterward you will come into the camp.”