1 Kings 8:19

19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

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1 Kings 8:19 in Other Translations

KJV

19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

ESV

19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.'

NLT

19 but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.’

MSG

19 But you are not the one to do it - your son will build it to honor my Name.'

CSB

19 Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for My name."

1 Kings 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, thou shall not build the house
Which is implied in the question in ( 2 Samuel 7:5 )

but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build
the house unto my name;
which is expressed in ( 2 Samuel 7:12-13 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 8:19 In-Context

17 “My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

18 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name.

19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

20 “The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”

Cross References 2

1. S 2 Samuel 7:5
2. S 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:3,5

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