1 Kings 8:19
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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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2 Samuel 7:5
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5 “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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1 Chronicles 22:8-10
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8 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. 9 (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 Chronicles 22:9 Lit. Peaceful
1 Chronicles 17:11-12
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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 Chronicles 17:11 Die and join your ancestors
2 Samuel 7:12-13
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1 Chronicles 28:6
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6 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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1 Chronicles 17:4
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4 “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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1 Kings 5:3-5
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3 (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.
4 But now the Lord my God has given me (C)rest[b] on every side; there is neither adversary nor [c]evil occurrence.
5 (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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- 1 Kings 5:3 Lit. them
- 1 Kings 5:4 peace
- 1 Kings 5:4 misfortune
- 1 Kings 5:5 Lit. I am saying
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