1 Chronicles 28:3
New International Version
But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior 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.’

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.’

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.’

King James Bible
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.

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 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.’

NASB 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.’

NASB 1977
“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.’

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.’

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.’

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.’

Holman 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.’”

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a Warrior and because you are a man who has shed much blood.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

Contemporary English Version
but the LORD has refused to let me build it, because he said I have killed too many people in battle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But God told me, 'You must not build the temple for my name. You have fought wars and caused bloodshed.'

Good News Translation
but he has forbidden me to do it, because I am a soldier and have shed too much blood.

International Standard Version
But then God told me, 'You will not build a temple to my name, because you are a man of war, and you have committed bloodshed.'

JPS Tanakh 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.

Literal Standard Version
and God has said to me, You do not build a house for My Name, for you [are] a man of wars, and you have shed blood.

Majority 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.’

New American Bible
But God said to me, You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man who waged wars and shed blood.

NET Bible
But God said to me, 'You must not build a temple to honor me, for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.'

New Revised Standard Version
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

New Heart 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.'

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.

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.’

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.

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Context
David Commissions Solomon
2Then 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 the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it, 3but 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.’ 4Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.…

Cross References
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.

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.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.

Thou shalt

1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

1 Chronicles 22:8
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

2 Samuel 7:5-13
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? …

blood [heb] bloods

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1 Chronicles 28
1. David in a solemn assembly having declared God's favor to him,
5. and promise to his son Solomon, exhorts them to fear God
9. He encourages Solomon to build the temple
11. He gives him patterns, gold and silver, etc














(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 1Chronicles 28:2. (Comp. 1Chronicles 22:8, of which this verse is a summary.)

Verse 3. - The contents of this verse are stated, as already seen, even more forcibly in 1 Chronicles 22:8; while far less forcibly in 2 Samuel 7:5; 1 Kings 5:5.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
but God
וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙ (wə·hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

said
אָ֣מַר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to me,
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

‘You are not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to build
תִבְנֶ֥ה (ṯiḇ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

a house
בַ֖יִת (ḇa·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

for My Name,
לִשְׁמִ֑י (liš·mî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you
אַ֖תָּה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are a man
אִ֧ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of war
מִלְחָמ֛וֹת (mil·ḥā·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

who has spilled
שָׁפָֽכְתָּ׃ (šā·p̄ā·ḵə·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

blood.’
וְדָמִ֥ים (wə·ḏā·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed


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