1Ch 22:8-9 | TNotes | STEP | 22:8 God did not allow David to build the Temple because he had shed so much blood (cp. 1 Kgs 5:3-4 ). David’s wars were not unethical, and God had blessed and supported them. However, David had been tainted with a kind of ceremonial uncleanness from the blood he had shed and the deaths he had caused in battle (see 1 Chr 28:3 ; cp. Gen 4:10-12 ; Lev 17:3-4 ; Deut 21:1-9 ; Matt 27:24-25 ). Accordingly, he could not build a holy sanctuary for the Lord.

a22:8►

b1 Kgs 5:3-4►

c1 Chr 28:3►

dGen 4:10-12►

eLev 17:3-4►

fDeut 21:1-9►

gMatt 27:24-25►

h22:9-10►

i2 Chr 2–7►

‏ 1 Chronicles 22:8-9

22:8 ^a God did not allow David to build the Temple because he had shed so much blood (cp. 1 Kgs 5:3-4 ^b). David’s wars were not unethical, and God had blessed and supported them. However, David had been tainted with a kind of ceremonial uncleanness from the blood he had shed and the deaths he had caused in battle (see 1 Chr 28:3 ^c; cp. Gen 4:10-12 ^d; Lev 17:3-4 ^e; Deut 21:1-9 ^f; Matt 27:24-25 ^g). Accordingly, he could not build a holy sanctuary for the Lord.
Summary for 1Chr 22:9-10: 22:9-10 ^h Solomon was a man of peace, free from war and from shedding blood in battle. The Temple was built during his peaceful reign (see 2 Chr 2–7 ⁱ).

• The Hebrew deliberately uses two different words to describe conditions during Solomon’s reign: peace (Hebrew shalom, related to Solomon’s name), and quiet (Hebrew menukhah, related to the idea of redemption).