1 Kings 8:19 - Printer Friendly

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

NIV: Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

NASB: Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.’

CSB: Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for my name."

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

KJV: Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

NKJV: Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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