1 Chronicles 22:8

New International Reader's Version

But a message from the Lord came to me. It said, ‘You have spilled the blood of many people. You have fought many wars. You are not the one who will build a house for my Name. That is because I have seen you spill the blood of many people on the earth.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:20

You are my king and master. All the Israelites are watching to see what you will do. They want to find out from you who will sit on the throne after you.

1 Kings 5:17

The people did what the king commanded. They removed large blocks of the best quality stone from a rock pit. They used them to provide a foundation for the temple.

1 Kings 5:3

“As you know, my father David had to fight many battles. His enemies attacked him from every side. So he couldn’t build a temple where the Lord his God would put his Name. That wouldn’t be possible until the Lord had put his enemies under his control.

1 Kings 8:19

But you will not build the temple. Instead, your son will build the temple for my Name. He is your own flesh and blood.’

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, ‘You are not the one who will build a house for my Name. That is because you are a fighting man. You have spilled people’s blood.’

Numbers 31:20

Make all your clothes pure and ‘clean.’ Everything made out of leather, goat hair or wood must be made pure and ‘clean.’ ”

Numbers 31:24

On the seventh day wash your clothes. And you will be ‘clean.’ Then you can come into the camp.”