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1 Kings 8:19

Listen to 1 Kings 8:19
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.

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 ) .

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1 Kings 8:19 In-Context

17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
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.
20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake , and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised , and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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