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"Go and tell David My servant, 'Thus says the Lord, "aYou shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;
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1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3
1 Chronicles 28
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Then King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I ahad intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for bthe footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it.
1 Chronicles 28
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"But God said to me, 'aYou shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'