You know how that David my father could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Wars. Many interpreters assert that this was the real impediment, (To stat; Salien) rather than the blood, which David had already spilt, 2 Kings vii., and 1 Paralipomenon xxii. 8.