2 Chronicles 6:9

Easy To Read Version

But, you cannot build the temple. But your own son will build the temple for my name.’

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:4

God said, “Go and tell these things to my servant David: The Lord says, ‘David, you are not the person to build a house for me to live in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, ‘No David, you must not build a house for my name. You must not do that because you are a soldier, and you have killed many men.’

2 Chronicles 6:10

Now, the Lord has done what he said he would do. I am the new king in my father’s place. David was my father. Now I am Israel’s king. That is what the Lord promised. And I have built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to my father, ‘David, when you wanted to build a temple for my name, you did well.