1 Kings 5:3
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3 (A)“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God (B)because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
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1 Kings 8:19
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19 (A)Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’
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1 Chronicles 22:8
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8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, (A)‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth.
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1 Chronicles 28:3
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3 But God said to me, (A)‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
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