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1 CHRONICLES 21:27

And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. ...

1 CHRONICLES 21:28

# At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. ...

1 CHRONICLES 21:29

For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, [were] at that season in the high place at Gibeon. ...

1 CHRONICLES 21:30

But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:1

Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:2

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:3

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:4

Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:5

And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:6

# Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:7

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: ...

1 CHRONICLES 22:8

But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. ...