1 Tawarikh 22:7-8

22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted ¹  to build a temple to honor ²  the Lord my God. 22:8 But the Lord said to me: ³  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁴  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Tawarikh 28:2-3

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. ⁵  I have made the preparations for building it. 28:3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁶  for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’

[22:7]  ¹ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

[22:7]  ² tn Heb “for the name of.”

[22:8]  ³ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “for my name.”

[28:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

[28:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “for my name.”