2 Samuel 7:5

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⁵Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, ^[a]Shalt thou build me an house for my dwelling?

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2 Samuel 7:5 Meaning, he should not: yet Nathan speaking according to man’s judgment and not by the spirit of prophecy, permitted him.

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2 Samuel 7:13

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¹³^(A)He shall build an house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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1 Chronicles 22:8

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⁸But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^(A)^[a]Thou hast shed much blood, and hast made great battles: thou shalt not build an house unto my name: for thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

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1 Chronicles 22:8 This declareth how greatly God detesteth the shedding of blood, seeing David for this cause is stayed to build the Temple of the Lord, albeit he enterprised no war, but by God’s commandment and against his enemies.

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