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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 22:8

Thou hast shed blood, &c.; thou shalt not build a house unto my name Not that wars are simply unlawful, but to teach us that the church (whereof the temple was an illustrious type) should be built by Christ, the Prince of peace, Isaiah 9:6, and that it should be gathered and built up, not by might or power, but by God's Spirit, Zechariah 4:6, and by the preaching the gospel of peace. David therefore was less fit for that service, than one who had not been called to such bloody work. Likewise, by setting him aside for this reason, God showed how precious human life is to him.

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See also 1 Chronicles 22:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Chronicles 22:8. _THOU HAST SHED BLOOD ABUNDANTLY_] Heathens, Jews, and Christians, have all agreed that _soldiers_ of any kind should have nothing to do with Divine offices. Shedding of human...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME ... - Not by Nathan 1 Chronicles 17:4, but on some other occasion 1 Chronicles 28:3. On the bloody character of David’s wars, see 2 Samuel 8:2,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IV. PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The Preparations and Charge to Solomon CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The material (1 Chronicles 22:1)_ 2. The charge to Solomon (1 Chronicles 22:6) 3. The cha...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 CHRONICLES 22:2 TO 1 CHRONICLES 29:30. The whole of this section is the work of the Chronicler, though it is probable that he utilised some earlier sources in compiling it; a good deal of OT materia...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAYING. See 1 Chronicles 17. 1Ch 28:3. 2 Samuel 7:13....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    David's Charge to Solomon 7. _said to Solomon, My son_ R.V. SAID TO SOLOMON HIS SON (so C'thîb); A.V. follows the K'rî. _unto the name_ Cp. Deuteronomy 12:5; 2 Samuel 7:13....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Thou hast shed blood abundantly_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 28:3; in 1 Kings 5:3 Solomon tells Hiram that David wished to build a temple, but was hindered from his design by war....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    14. DAVID'S PROVISIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (Chapter 22) TEXT 1 Chronicles 22:1. Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel. 2. And David command...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:8 unto (a-26) Or 'for.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE This chapter is supplementary to the narrative in the earlier books, its contents coming chronologically between 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Kings 1....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 22 David prepares for the *temple –...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME (upon me). — Literally, _And a word of Jehovah became upon me._ There is a partial correspondence between this “word of the Lord” and that which Nathan is represent...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (6-16) David gives formal charge to Solomon to build the Temple....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֨י עָלַ֤י דְּבַר ־יְהוָה֙ לֵ אמֹ֔ר

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the place where the mercy of God operated in staying the plague resulting from his sin, David chose to build the house of his God. The threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite was chosen as the site of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (d) 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Blood, of Urias, (St. Jerome and the Rabbins) or rather, as David had already entertained the desire of building a temple before that event, (Estius) the blood which David had shed in just wars, must...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The time of this address of David to his son, as well as the occasion, being, as we are told, just before his death, gives great weight and energy to it. It is indeed a most interesting address from a...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _TO EVERY MAN HIS WORK_ ‘It was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God. But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, … Thou shalt not build an house unto My name.’ 1 Chronicle...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, by the mouth of Nathan the prophet: SAYING; as follows, which though not expressed in the book of Samuel before referred...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Dauid foreknowing the place of the Temple, prepareth abundance for the building of it. 6 Hee instructeth Solomon in Gods promises, and his duety in building the Temple. 17 He chargeth the Princes...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    David's Instructions to Solomon...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-16 David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Be...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BECAUSE THOU HAST SHED MUCH BLOOD UPON THE EARTH; not that wars either now are or then were simply unlawful, or that David sinned in shedding the blood of war; for it is manifest that David's wars wer...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 22:8 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) shed H8210 (H8804) much H7230 blood H1818 made

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Chronicles 22:7 A fine and delicate sense of the becoming hindered David from building the Temple. A voice within him had whispered, "No: however right and praiseworthy the idea, you are hardly the...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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._ From that moment, this place was set apart as the site of the future t...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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._ Now he knew where the temple was to be built; and of a certainty he had...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Material prepared for the temple. David instructs Solomon in God's promises. Princes charged to assist Solomon. CHARACTERS: God, David, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Nothing is more powerful to enga...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Chronicles 22:14. _In my trouble,_ that is, in my state of weakness and wars, _I have prepared a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver._ David having been victo...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then he called for Solomon his son._ DAVID’S CHARGE TO SOLOMON I. A father’s privilege. 1. To cherish a lofty ideal for his son. This does not require that the father should undertake to decide the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 22:6 Through private instruction, David prepares Solomon for his demanding duty as king. David refers back to the dynastic promise (1 Chronicles 17:7

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] The remaining Chapter s of this book are peculiar to the chronist. They narrate the arrangements of David for the building of the temple, his religious and political regulations, and...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION From the commencement of this chapter to the close of the First Book of the Chronicles we again travel alone, and, with the exception of parallel passages of a merely ordinary character, ha...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter twenty-two, He then called for Solomon his son (1 Chronicles 22:6), He had gathered together the men of Israel and he called Solomon his son. and he charged him to build a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 17:4; 1 Chronicles 28:3; 1 Kings 5:3; 2 Samuel 7:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shed blood — Not that wars are simply unlawful, but to teach us that the church (whereof the temple was an illustrious type) should be built by Christ, the prince of peace, Isaiah 9:6, and that it sho...

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