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the First Temple: David: Being a Man of War not Permitted to Build

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3 references
  1. 2 Samuel 7:5–9
    “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? …
  2. 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 had put his enemies under his feet.
  3. 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 blood on the ground before Me.