Verse 19

Nevertheless, you will not build the house yourself; rather, your son, your own descendant, will build the house for My name.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:5 : 5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?
  • 2 Sam 7:12-13 : 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  • 1 Chr 17:11-12 : 11 When your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
  • 1 Chr 22:8-9 : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have fought great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have shed abundant blood on the earth in my sight.' 9 Behold, a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies around him. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant peace and quiet to Israel during his reign. 10 He will build a house for my name, and he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.
  • 1 Chr 28:6 : 6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.
  • 1 Kgs 5:3-5 : 3 This included ten fattened head of cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep—besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 4 He ruled over all the region west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and over all the kings in that region. He had peace on all sides around him. 5 Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
  • 1 Chr 17:4 : 4 "Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.