◄ 1 Kings 8:19 ►
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Good News Translation
but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.'

New Revised Standard Version
nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’

Contemporary English Version
But you're not the one to do it. Your son will build a temple to honor me."

New American Bible
But it is not you who will build the house, but your son, who comes from your loins; he shall build the house for my name.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nevertheless, thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nevertheless, thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

1 Kings 5:3-5 Thou knowest the will of David, my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. . . .

2 Samuel 7:5,12,13 Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in? . . .

1 Chronicles 17:4,11,12 Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in. . . .

1 Chronicles 22:8-10 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou cannot not build house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me: . . .

1 Chronicles 28:6 And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him.

Context
Solomon Praises the LORD
…18And the Lord said to David, my father: Whereas, thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind. 19Nevertheless, thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.20The Lord hath performed his word which he spoke. And I stand in the room of David, my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:5
Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?

2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

1 Kings 5:3
Thou knowest the will of David, my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Kings 5:5
Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.

1 Kings 8:18
And the Lord said to David, my father: Whereas, thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind.

1 Chronicles 17:11
And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Chronicles 17:12
He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

1 Chronicles 22:8
But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou cannot not build house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me:

1 Kings 8:18
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