Bible Strands
1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Solomon addresses the assembly during the temple dedication, recounting God’s prior declaration to David that David would not construct the temple but his descendant would.
The words — רַק (rak) = only/nevertheless; תִבְנֶה (tiv.neh) = you will build; the text explicitly denies David the action of building while reserving it for his offspring.
The thread — This restriction on David and the transfer of the building task to his son appear in 2 Sam 7:5, 2 Sam 7:12, and 1 Chr 22:8.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to distinguish between human religious ambition and divine appointment, accepting that God’s chosen agent and timeline override personal initiative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 7:5 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
- 1 Chronicles 22:8 but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
- 2 Samuel 7:12 And 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.
- 1 Chronicles 17:11 And 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 28:6 And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- 1 Kings 5:3 “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
- 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.