1 Chronicles 28:3
in 1 Chronicles 28but 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.’
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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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 28
Commentary
7 notes on this verseBut 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.
This site's exposition
a man of war, and hast shed blood
on 1 Chronicles 28:3-4
The reason God refused David the temple repeats what chapter 22 already told Solomon in private: a man of war who has shed blood does not build the house of rest. The Chronicler then traces the choosing that put David there in the first place: the LORD chose Judah out of the twelve tribes, David's own house out of Judah, and David himself out of his father's sons. Each step narrows the promise to one man, the same sorting principle chapter 1's genealogy used on the nations before it ever reached Abraham.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
A commentator
Origen of AlexandriaCOMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 6.4-5 · Written before 253.
proposed
Consider whether the story about David and Solomon concerning the temple hints at something like this.
The Medieval Church1 voice
"Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the Word of God; consider the outcome of their life and imitate their faith." Emperors have not preached the word to you, but apostles and prophets, shepherds and teachers. When God gave commands to David concerning the house David intended to build for him, he said to him, "You may not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood." "Pay all of them their dues," the apostle Paul says, "taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due." Political prosperity is the business of emperors; the condition of the church is the concern of shepherds and teachers. Any other method is piracy, brothers. Saul tore Samuel's cloak, and what was the consequence? God tore the kingdom away from him and gave it to David the meek.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Like that of Christ, of whom he was a type, the appointment of Solomon to the kingdom above all his brethren was frequently pre-intimated (1Ch 17:12;
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Thou shalt not build a house - See 2Sa 7:6, 2Sa 7:13, and the observations at the end of that chapter.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙ | vehaelohim | and <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אָ֣מַר | ʾamar | he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לִ֔י | li | to me | ||
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִבְנֶ֥ה | tivneh | you will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בַ֖יִת | vayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לִשְׁמִ֑י | lishmi | for name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִ֧ישׁ | ʾish | [are] a man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִלְחָמ֛וֹת | milchamot | wars | H4421 → | 320 times |
| אַ֖תָּה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וְדָמִ֥ים | vedamim | and blood<s> | H1818 → | 360 times |
| שָׁפָֽכְתָּ׃ | shafakheta | you have shed | H8210 → | 114 times |
וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙and <the> God
vehaelohimH430 →2601 times
אָ֣מַרhe said
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
לִ֔יto me
li
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִבְנֶ֥הyou will build
tivnehH1129 →376 times
בַ֖יִתa house
vayitH1004 →2046 times
לִשְׁמִ֑יfor name my
lishmiH8034 →864 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִ֧ישׁ[are] a man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִלְחָמ֛וֹתwars
milchamotH4421 →320 times
אַ֖תָּהyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וְדָמִ֥יםand blood<s>
vedamimH1818 →360 times
שָׁפָֽכְתָּ׃you have shed
shafakhetaH8210 →114 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
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…
it 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:
- 1 Chronicles 22:8
Through
1 Chronicles 22:8but 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…
it 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.”
- 1 Kings 5:3
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.
it 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…
- 1 Chronicles 28:2–3
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Damascene, ON DIVINE IMAGES, SECOND APOLOGY 12; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 6.4-5.