1 Chronicles 28:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: You shall not build me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me upon the earth.