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2 Chronicles 6:9
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
2 Chronicles 6:9 · Berean Standard Bible
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2 Chronicles 6:9 in other translations
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'
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In context
6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
8 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
9 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
10 Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
11 And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
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