7 “My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,(A) 8 but the word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.(B)

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