1 Kings 8:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’”
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“Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“only, thou dost not build the house, but thy son who is coming out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 8:19 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 7:5“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
- 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kings 5:3“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
- 1 Chronicles 17:4“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
- 1 Chronicles 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:8but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
- 1 Chronicles 22:10He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
- 1 Chronicles 28:6And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
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