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2 Chronicles 6:9
2 Chronicles 6:9 is verse 9 of 2 Chronicles chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
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2 Chronicles 6:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
8 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
9 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
10 Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
11 And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
1 Chronicles 17:4“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
1 Chronicles 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 17:12He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.