“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)“Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

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12 (A)“When your days are fulfilled and you (B)rest with your fathers, (C)I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

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13 (A)He shall build a house for My name, and I will (B)establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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(A)You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God (B)because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the Lord put [a]his foes under the soles of his feet.

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  1. 1 Kings 5:3 Lit. them

(A)And behold, [a]I propose to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, (B)as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying, “Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.”

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  1. 1 Kings 5:5 Lit. I am saying

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of [a]Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was (A)seven years in building it.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:38 Or Heshvan, October or November

11 And it shall be, when your days are (A)fulfilled, when you must [a]go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your (B)seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 17:11 Die and join your ancestors

12 (A)He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

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but the word of the Lord came to me, saying, (A)‘You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight. (B)Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him (C)rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be [a]Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 10 (D)He shall build a house for My name, and (E)he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:9 Lit. Peaceful

I have surely built You an exalted house,
And (A)a place for You to dwell in forever.”

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