But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.
      I. He summoned all the great men to attend him, that he might take leave of them all together, 1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1. Thus Moses did (Deuteronomy 31:28), and Joshua, 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:1. David would not declare the settlement of the crown but in the presence, and to the satisfaction, of those that were the representatives of the people.