2 Samuel 7:13
New King James Version
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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1 Kings 5:5
New King James Version
5 (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 Kings 5:5 Lit. I am saying
1 Kings 6:1
New King James Version
Solomon Builds the Temple(A)
6 And (B)it came to pass in the four hundred and [a]eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of [b]Ziv, which is the second month, (C)that he began to build the house of the Lord.
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- 1 Kings 6:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX fortieth
- 1 Kings 6:1 Or Ayyar, April or May
1 Kings 8:19
New King James Version
19 Nevertheless (A)you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’
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