1 Kings 8:19

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nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’

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“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?

But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: You shall not build me a house to dwell in.

He said to me, ‘It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.