19 Nevertheless (A)you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’

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“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)“Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

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but the word of the Lord came to me, saying, (A)‘You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight. (B)Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him (C)rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be [a]Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 10 (D)He shall build a house for My name, and (E)he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:9 Lit. Peaceful

11 And it shall be, when your days are (A)fulfilled, when you must [a]go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your (B)seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 (C)He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 17:11 Die and join your ancestors

12 (A)“When your days are fulfilled and you (B)rest with your fathers, (C)I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (D)He shall build a house for My name, and I will (E)establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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Now He said to me, ‘It is (A)your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.

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“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall (A)not build Me a house to dwell in.

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(A)You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God (B)because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the Lord put [a]his foes under the soles of his feet.

But now the Lord my God has given me (C)rest[b] on every side; there is neither adversary nor [c]evil occurrence.

(D)And behold, [d]I propose to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, (E)as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying, “Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:3 Lit. them
  2. 1 Kings 5:4 peace
  3. 1 Kings 5:4 misfortune
  4. 1 Kings 5:5 Lit. I am saying

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