2 Chronicles 6:9
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
Context
This verse from 2 Chronicles Chapter 6 connects to 5 cross-references. Solomon's dedicatory prayer addresses God who dwells in thick darkness yet chose this house as his earthly dwelling. He asks God to hear prayers directed toward this temple in seven situations: individual guilt, military defeat, drought, famine and disease, foreigners' …
Other Translations
nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.
But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
Cross References
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after …
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, …
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.