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Ac 7:47 King James But Solomon built him an house.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
But Solomon ... - Built the temple. David was not permitted to do it because he had been a man of war, Ch1 22:8. He prepared the principal materials for the temple, but Solomon built it, 1 Chr. 22: Compare 1 Kings 6.
 
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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.