But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.’
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But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.’
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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.
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But God said unto me: Thou shalt not build a house for My name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 28:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 22:8 But Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ‘You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
- 1 Chronicles 17:4 “Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
- 1 Kings 5:3 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
- 2 Chronicles 6:8-9 But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart; nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
- 2 Samuel 7:5-13 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in? For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’ ” ’ Now therefore tell my servant David this, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel. I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first, and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 28:3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt…
1Ch 28:3 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.
Ver. 3. But God said unto me, Thou shalt not.] The best are sometimes crossed in their desires, and must submit to God; going on to do their duty, though they should not have the fruit of it till they come to heaven; howbeit "in the doing" - not only for the doing - of God’s will, "there is great reward." {Psa 19:11} This, an ancient calleth Praemium ante praemium.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But God said unto me, thou shalt not build…
But God said unto me, thou shalt not build an house for my name,.... This he said by Nathan the prophet, Sa2 7:5.
because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood: see Ch1 22:8.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Thou shalt not build a house] See…
Verse 3. Thou shalt not build a house] See 2Sa 7:6; 2Sa 7:13, and the observations at the end of that chapter.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Blood. See chap. xxii. 8. (Calmet)
Blood. See chap. xxii. 8. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain thou hast been a man of war, and hast…
thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood--The church or spiritual state of the world, of which the temple at Jerusalem was to be a type, would be presided over by One who was to be pre-eminently the Prince of Peace, and therefore would be represented not so fitly by David, whose mission had been a preparatory one of battle and conquest, as by his son, who should reign in unbroken peace.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. thou hast been a man of war] R.V.…
3. thou hast been a man of war] R.V. thou art a man of war. See note on 1Ch_22:8.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) But God said unto me.—The emphasis lies on…
(3) But God said unto me.—The emphasis lies on the word God, which is in direct contrast with the “I—in my heart it was,” of 1Ch_28:2. (Comp. 1Ch_22:8, of which this verse is a summary.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The contents of this verse are stated, as already…
The contents of this verse are stated, as already seen, even more forcibly in 1Ch_22:8; while far less forcibly in 2Sa_7:5; 1Ki_5:5.
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