1 Chronicles 28:3
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But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
In other translations
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
Hebrew words
וְהָאֱלֹהִיםveha'elohimand <the> GodH430אָמַר'amarhe saidH559לִיlito meלֹא־lo'-notH3808תִבְנֶהtivnehyou will buildH1129בַיִתvayita houseH1004לִשְׁמִיlishmifor name myH8034כִּיkiforH3588אִישׁ'ish[are] a man ofH376מִלְחָמוֹתmilchamotwarsH4421אַתָּה'atahyouH859וְדָמִיםvedamimand blood<s>H1818שָׁפָכְתָּ׃shafakhetayou have shedH8210
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Related verses
- 1 Chronicles 22:8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
- 1 Chronicles 17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
- 1 Kings 5:3Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
- 2 Chronicles 6:8-98 But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.8 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. 9 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
- 2 Samuel 7:5-135 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:5 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in? 6 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling. 7 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’ 8 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
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