2 Chronicles 6:9

A Conservative Version

Nevertheless thou shall not build the house, but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:4

Go and tell David my servant, Thus says LORD, Thou shall not build for me a house to dwell in.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou did well that it was in thy heart.

2 Chronicles 6:10

And LORD has performed his word that he spoke. For I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, Thou shall not build a house for my name, because thou are a man of war, and have shed blood.