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1 Chronicles 28:3

And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - David;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Endurance;   Government;   Israel/jews;   Jesus Christ;   Throne;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Nathan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - David;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Murder;   Temple;   War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Moriah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Temple in Rabbinical Literature;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 24;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.'
New Century Version
But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple for worshiping me, because you are a soldier and have killed many people.'
New English Translation
But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.'
Amplified Bible
"But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My Name (Presence), because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'
New American Standard Bible
"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.'
World English Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But God sayde vnto me, Thou shalt not buylde an house for my Name, because thou hast bene a man of warre, and hast shed blood.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.'
Berean Standard Bible
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.'
Contemporary English Version
but the Lord has refused to let me build it, because he said I have killed too many people in battle.
Complete Jewish Bible
But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, you have shed blood.'
Darby Translation
But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Easy-to-Read Version
But God said to me, ‘No David, you must not build a house for my name. You must not do that because you are a soldier, and you have killed many men.'
George Lamsa Translation
But the LORD said to me, You shall not build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed much blood.
Good News Translation
but he has forbidden me to do it, because I am a soldier and have shed too much blood.
Lexham English Bible
But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name because you are a man of war, and you have shed blood.'
Literal Translation
But God said to me, You shall not build a house to My name, for you are a man of battles, and you have shed blood.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But God sayde vnto me: Thou shalt not buylde an house vnto my name, for thou art a man of warre, and hast shed bloude.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But God saide vnto me: thou shalt not builde an house for my name, because thou hast ben a man of warre, and hast shed blood.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
But God said vnto me, Thou shalt not builde an house for my Name, because thou hast been a man of warre, and hast shed blood.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
English Revised Version
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But God seide to me, Thou schalt not bilde an hows to my name, for thou art a man werriour, and hast sched blood.
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou [hast been] a man of war, and hast shed blood.
New King James Version
But God said to me, "You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.'
New Living Translation
but God said to me, ‘You must not build a Temple to honor my name, for you are a warrior and have shed much blood.'
New Life Bible
But God said to me, ‘You must not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and blood.'
New Revised Standard
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, God, said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my Name, - for, a man of war, thou art, and, blood, hast thou shed.
Revised Standard Version
But God said to me, 'You may not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.'
Young's Literal Translation
and God hath said to me, Thou dost not build a house to My name, for a man of wars thou [art], and blood thou hast shed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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.'

Contextual Overview

1 And David assembled all the chief men of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies, who waited on the king: and the captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and them who had the charge over the substance and possessions of the king, and his sons with the officers of the court, and the men of power, and all the bravest of the army at Jerusalem.par 2 And the king rising up, and standing said: Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord, and the footstool of our God might rest: and prepared all things for the building. 3 And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father’s house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel. 5 And among my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6 And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him. 7 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, it he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day. 8 Now then before all the assembly of Israel, in the hearing of our God, keep ye, and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God: that you may possess the good land, and may leave it to your children after you for ever. 9 And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 10 Now therefore seeing the Lord hath chosen thee to build the house of the sanctuary, take courage, and do it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou shalt: 1 Chronicles 17:4, 1 Chronicles 22:8, 2 Samuel 7:5-13, 1 Kings 5:3, 2 Chronicles 6:8, 2 Chronicles 6:9

blood: Heb. bloods

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:2 - was no Psalms 119:42 - for I trust Mark 14:8 - hath done Acts 7:46 - and desired

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.
Genesis 24:60
Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.
Genesis 28:1
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan:
Genesis 28:6
And Esau seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife thence; and that after the blessing he had charged him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan:
Genesis 28:17
And trembling, he said: How terrible is this place? this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.
Genesis 28:18
And Jacob arising in the morning, took the stone which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it.
Genesis 35:11
And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
Genesis 41:52
And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But God said unto me, thou shalt not build an house for my name,.... This he said by Nathan the prophet, 2 Samuel 7:5

because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood: see

1 Chronicles 22:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 28:3. Thou shalt not build a house — See 2 Samuel 7:6; 2 Samuel 7:13, and the observations at the end of that chapter.


 
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