2 Chronicles 6:9

9 but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.'

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 And Solomon continued, "My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel,

8 but the Lord said to him, "You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,

9 but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.'

10 "Now the Lord has kept his promise: I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel.

11 I have placed in the Temple the Covenant Box, which contains the stone tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with the people of Israel."