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What does 1 Chronicles 22:8 mean?

'But God told me, “You’ve spilled a lot of blood and fought many wars. You can’t build a house for my name because you’ve shed so much blood on the earth in my sight.”' 1 Chronicles 22:8 - Modern Text Bible

(God explains to David that because of his violent past, he isn’t the one to build the temple.)