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1 Kings 8

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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.

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Cross-references (7)

Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 7:5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?
  • 1 Chronicles 22:8-10 But Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ‘You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
  • 2 Samuel 7:12-13 When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  • 1 Chronicles 17:11-12 It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
  • 1 Kings 5:3-5 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet. But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence. Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’
  • 1 Chronicles 17:4 “Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

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Explain this verse (4 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house;…

1Ki 8:19 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.

Ver. 19. Unto my name,] i.e., For mine honour and service. See on 1Ki 8:18.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Nevertheless, thou shall not build the house,.... Which is…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. thou shalt not build the house] It was…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house. Wordsworth observes…

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