David Becomes King Over Israel

All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.

“God forbid that I should do this!” he said. “Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.

But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’