1 Kings 8:19

New Living Translation

but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.’

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“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?

But the Lord told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,

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

He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my Temple and its courtyards, for I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.