2 Chronicles 6:9

New International Version

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:4

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

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

2 Chronicles 6:10

“The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name.