1 Chronicles 22:8

Revised Standard Version

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:20

And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, to 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 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 Kings 8:19

nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’

1 Chronicles 28:3

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

Numbers 31:20

You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood.”

Numbers 31:24

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