According to David's speech in 1 Chronicles 22, why did God tell him he could not build the Temple?
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Correct answer: Because David had shed much blood in war
David told Solomon that God's word came to him because he was a man of war who had shed much blood on the earth. The Temple, a house of peace, was to be built instead by Solomon, whose name comes from the Hebrew word for peace (shalom).
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