1 Kings 8:19

However you will never build it. It is your son who will build my temple.'

2 Samuel 7:5

Go tell my servant David that I say to him: 'You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in.

2 Samuel 7:12-13

I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler.

1 Chronicles 17:11-12

When your days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you. It will be one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

The word of Jehovah came to me, saying: 'You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my name. This is because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

1 Kings 5:3-5

You know my father David could not build a Temple for the worship of Jehovah due to the constant wars he had to fight. There were enemies in countries all around him. First Jehovah had to give him victory over all his enemies.

1 Chronicles 17:4

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

1 Chronicles 28:6

He told me: 'Your son Solomon will build my Temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father.

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