An unnamed source reported in chapter 22 of I Chronicles that God told David he is ineligible to build the temple.
According to the source God told David he has "shed much blood and . . . made great wars."
In David's place, God promised a son who would be a man of "rest."
"His name shall be Solomon," God said, "for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days."
David said a blessing for his promised son and charged him to only gain wisdom from God as he leads the people of Israel not only in building the temple but in guiding them as their king.
Before David dies he is preparing temple plans to give Solomon. He is also preparing many of the materials needed to build of the temple and has commanded the leaders of Israel to assist Solomon in the construction of the temple.
NOTE: This was written news style as if it were to be printed in a newspaper . . . I just did it for the fun of it. In my News Reporting class we had an assignment like this once where we had to take a portion of scripture and write it into a news story. It was challenging and a lot of fun.
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