1 Chronicles 28:3 Cross References - NSB

³ »However God told me: ‘You must not build the Temple for my name because you have fought wars and caused bloodshed.’«

⁵ »Go tell my servant David that I say to him: ‘You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in. ⁶ »From the time I rescued the people of Israel from Egypt until now, I have never lived in a temple. I have traveled around living in a tent. ⁷ »In all my traveling with the people of Israel I never asked any of the leaders that I appointed why they had not built me a temple made of cedar.’« ⁸ »Say this to my servant David: ‘This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel. ⁹ »‘I was with you wherever you went. I destroyed all your enemies in front of you. I will make your name famous like the names of the greatest people on earth. ¹⁰ »‘I will make a place for my people Israel and plant them there. They will dwell in their own place and not be troubled anymore. The wicked will not oppress them as they used to do ¹¹ when I let judges rule my people. I have kept your enemies from attacking you. Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. ¹² »‘I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler. ¹³ »‘I will allow no one to take his long lasting kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me.

³ »You know my father David could not build a Temple for the worship of Jehovah due to the constant wars he had to fight. There were enemies in countries all around him. First Jehovah had to give him victory over all his enemies.

⁸ »The word of Jehovah came to me, saying: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my name. This is because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

⁴ »Go tell my servant David, This is what Jehovah says: ‘You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

⁸ »However, Jehovah said to my father David: Since you had your heart set on building a Temple for my name, your intentions were good. ⁹ »You must not build the Temple. Instead, your own son will build the Temple for my name.