Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who [a]will be born to you, he shall build the house for My name.’ 10 Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord [b]promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11 There I have placed the ark (A)in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with the sons of Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:9 Lit will come forth from your loins
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:10 Lit spoke

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