1 Chronicles 28:3
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And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

Thou shalt

1 Chronicles 17:4 Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 22:8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou cannot not build house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me:

2 Samuel 7:5-13 Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in? . . .

1 Kings 5:3 Thou knowest the will of David, my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

2 Chronicles 6:8,9 The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will: . . .

blood [heb] bloods

Context
David Commissions Solomon
2And the king rising up, and standing said: Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord, and the footstool of our God might rest: and prepared all things for the building. 3And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.4But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.…
Cross References
1 Kings 5:3
Thou knowest the will of David, my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4
Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 22:8
But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou cannot not build house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me:

Lexicon
but God
וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙ (wə·hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

said
אָ֣מַר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to me,
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

‘You are not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to build
תִבְנֶ֥ה (ṯiḇ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

a house
בַ֖יִת (ḇa·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

for My Name,
לִשְׁמִ֑י (liš·mî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you
אַ֖תָּה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are a man
אִ֧ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of war
מִלְחָמ֛וֹת (mil·ḥā·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

who has spilled
שָׁפָֽכְתָּ׃ (šā·p̄ā·ḵə·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

blood.’
וְדָמִ֥ים (wə·ḏā·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed


Additional Translations
but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.

But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.'

and God hath said to me, Thou dost not build a house to My name, for a man of wars thou art, and blood thou hast shed.
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