1 Tawarikh 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ¹  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ²  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

1 Tawarikh 21:26

21:26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. ³  He called out to the Lord, and the Lord ⁴  responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

1 Tawarikh 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁵  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁶  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Tawarikh 29:16

29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

[17:6]  ¹ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ² tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

[21:26]  ³ tn Or “tokens of peace.”

[21:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “for my name.”