1Ki 8:19 Cross References

1 Kings 8:19

19: but you are not the one to do it. One of your sons will build it instead.'

"Go and tell my servant David, `This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a temple to live in?

For when you die, I will raise up one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.
He is the one who will build a house--a temple--for me. And I will establish his throne forever.

"But the LORD said to me, `You have killed many men in the great battles you have fought. And since you have shed so much blood before me, you will not be the one to build a Temple to honor my name.
But you will have a son who will experience peace and rest. I will give him peace with his enemies in all the surrounding lands. His name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign.
He is the one who will build a Temple to honor 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.'

For when you die, I will raise up one of your descendants, and I will make his kingdom strong.
He is the one who will build a house--a temple--for my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

He said to me, `Your son Solomon will build my Temple and its courtyards, for I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.

"Go and tell my servant David, `This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a temple to live in.

"You know that my father, David, was not able to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD his God because of the many wars he waged with surrounding nations. He could not build until the LORD gave him victory over all his enemies.
But now the LORD my God has given me peace on every side, and I have no enemies and all is well.
So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God, just as he instructed my father that I should do. For the LORD told him, `Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.'

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