2 Chronicles 6:9

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

2 Chronicles 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:9

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:9 In-Context

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

8 But the LORD said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

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

10 Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

11 And there I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with the people of Israel."