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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 28:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 28:3 |
King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood--The church or spiritual state of the world, of which the temple at Jerusalem was to be a type, would be presided over by One who was to be pre-eminently the Prince of Peace, and therefore would be represented not so fitly by David, whose mission had been a preparatory one of battle and conquest, as by his son, who should reign in unbroken peace. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thou shalt not build a house - See Sa2 7:6, Sa2 7:13, and the observations at the end of that chapter. |
13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.