Jerome : Because he was a man of blood—the reference is not, as some think, to his wars, but to the murder [of Uriah]—he was not permitted to build a temple of the Lord. — Against Jovinianus 1.24 Origen of Alexandria : As a man of blood, David was prevented from constructing it; he seems, at least, to have been occupied concerning the gathering of the material of the temple. — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF John 10.257