1 Chronicles 28:3 BSB

1 Chronicles 28:3

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.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But God said unto me, thou shalt not build an house for my name,.... This he said by Nathan the prophet, 2Sa 7:5. because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood: see 1Ch 22:8.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This he had signified to Solomon before, ch. xxii. A house of rest for the ark is here said to be a house of rest for the footstool of our God; for heaven is his throne of glory; the earth, and the most magnificent temples that can be built upon it, are but his footstool: so much difference is there between the manifestations of the divine glory in the upper and lower world.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙	ve.ha.'E.lo.Him	and <the> God	H430 →
אָ֣מַר	'A.mar	he said	H559 →
לִ֔י	Li	to me
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִבְנֶ֥ה	tiv.Neh	you will build	H1129 →
בַ֖יִת	Va.yit	a house	H1004 →
לִשְׁמִ֑י	lish.Mi	for name my	H8034 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
אִ֧ישׁ	'ish	[are] a man of	H376 →
מִלְחָמ֛וֹת	mil.cha.Mot	wars	H4421 →
אַ֖תָּה	'A.tah	you	H859 →
וְדָמִ֥ים	ve.da.Mim	and blood<s>	H1818 →
שָׁפָֽכְתָּ׃	sha.Fa.khe.ta	you have shed	H8210 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 5:3
“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…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:8
  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…
- Psalms 110:1
  The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Psalms 8:6
  You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
Through
1 Chronicles 22:8
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…
leads to
- 1 Kings 5:3
  “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…
- 1 Chronicles 17:4–10
  “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.
- 2 Samuel 7:5–11
  “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?
- Numbers 31:24
  On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
Through
1 Chronicles 17:4
“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.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:2–3
  Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Chronicles