1 Chronicles 22:7-8

Solomon Charged to Build the Temple

⁷ David said to Solomon, "My son, _y I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God. ⁸ But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, _z '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.

1. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 17:1 - 2
   Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.
   1 Chronicles 28:2
   Then King David rose to his feet and said: "Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
   2 Samuel 7:2 - 3
   The king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.
   1 Kings 8:17
   Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
   Psalms 132:1 - 5
   Remember, O Lord, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 28:3
   But God said to me, 'You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.
   1 Kings 5:3
   You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.