1 Chronicles 28:3

Modern English Version

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.’

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:8

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.

1 Chronicles 17:4

Go and tell David My servant: Thus says the Lord: You will not build a house for Me to dwell in,

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.