1 Chronicles 22:8 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Chronicles 22:8, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
David is speaking to Solomon, handing over the temple task, and recalls why God refused his own offer to build it. The reason is not moral failure but the character of David's reign: he shed much blood and waged great wars.
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