2 Chronicles 6:9

New Century Version

But you are not the one to build it. Your son, who comes from your own body, is the one who will build my temple.’

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell David my servant, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple for worshiping me, because you are a soldier and have killed many people.’

2 Chronicles 6:10

“Now the Lord has kept his promise. I am the king now in place of David my father. Now I rule Israel as the Lord promised, and I have built the Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘It was good that you wanted to build a temple for me.