1 Kings 8:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:5 : 5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?
  • 2 Sam 7:12-13 : 12 And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong. 13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
  • 1 Chr 17:11-12 : 11 And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong. 12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
  • 1 Chr 22:8-9 : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes. 9 But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet; 10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.
  • 1 Chr 28:6 : 6 And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.
  • 1 Kgs 5:3-5 : 3 You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet. 4 But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place. 5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.
  • 1 Chr 17:4 : 4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 6:7-10
    4 verses
    97%

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    8But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

    9But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

    10And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16-18
    3 verses
    85%

    16From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

    17Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    18But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

  • 1 Chr 22:5-11
    7 verses
    85%

    5And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

    6Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

    8But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

    9But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

    10He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

    11Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    82%

    5And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    82%

    4Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

    3But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;

  • 1 Chr 17:10-14
    5 verses
    80%

    10From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

    11And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

    12He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

    13I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

    14But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

  • 2 Sam 7:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

    12And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

    13He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20
    78%

    20And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    78%

    5Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    76%

    38And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 11:12
    76%

    12I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    76%

    3You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    75%

    27For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    74%

    25For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
    74%

    12About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    74%

    13So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    74%

    27But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    74%

    1And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

  • 2 Chr 2:6
    74%

    6But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    74%

    18But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    73%

    2So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    73%

    16And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

  • Ps 132:11
    73%

    11The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

  • Hag 1:8
    73%

    8Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    72%

    6In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
    72%

    5Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:16
    72%

    16So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

  • Jer 22:30
    72%

    30The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 8:25
    72%

    25So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.