1 Chronicles 28:2-3

2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it.

3 But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

1 Chronicles 28:2-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 28

David, having convened the principal men of the nation, declared Solomon his successor, whom God had chosen both to be king, and to build the temple, 1Ch 28:1-7, and exhorted both them and him to serve the Lord, and build an house for him, 1Ch 28:8-10, then gave Solomon the pattern of it, and an account of the materials he had prepared for it, 1Ch 28:11-19, and encouraged him to go about the work with alacrity and intrepidity, 1Ch 28:20,21.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Samuel 10:7; S 1 Chronicles 17:2
• 2. 2 Chronicles 6:41
• 3. Psalms 99:5; Psalms 132:7; Isaiah 60:13
• 4. Psalms 132:1-5
• 5. S 2 Samuel 7:5
• 6. 1 Chronicles 22:8
• 7. S 1 Kings 5:3; S 1 Chronicles 17:4