1 Kings 8:19
in 1 Kings 8Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
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ASV
nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
thy son that shall come forth
on 1 Kings 8:19-21
Verses 19 and 20 recap 2 Sam 7:12-13 almost to the word, thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name, and Solomon reads his own reign as that promise's literal discharge. I have set there a place for the ark closes the procession the chapter opened with at verse 1, the ark finally reaching the resting place David was denied the honor of building. Gill notes that the covenant named here is simply the two tables of verse 9, so the ark's contents and the ark's placement are tied together in one sentence.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): He shall build the house to my name; so that what he had done was not of his own head, nor for his own glory, but the work itself was according to his father's design and his doing it was according to God's designation. [4.] He recites what he himself had done, and with what intention: I have built a house, not for my own name, but for the name of the Lord God of Israel (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
Nevertheless, thou shall not build the house,.... Which is implied in the question in 2Sa 7:5. but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name; which is expressed in 2Sa 7:12.
In a long prayer he recommended to God's gracious acceptance all the prayers that should be made in or towards this place,
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רַ֣ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| אַתָּ֔ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִבְנֶ֖ה | tivneh | you will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| הַבָּ֑יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| בִּנְךָ֙ | binkha | son your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַיֹּצֵ֣א | haiyotze' | who comes out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֵחֲלָצֶ֔יךָ | mechalatzeikha | from loins your | H2504 → | |
| הֽוּא־ | hu'- | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִבְנֶ֥ה | yivneh | he will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לִשְׁמִֽי׃ | lishmi | for name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
רַ֣קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
אַתָּ֔הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִבְנֶ֖הyou will build
tivnehH1129 →376 times
הַבָּ֑יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
כִּ֤יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
בִּנְךָ֙son your
binkhaH1121 →4930 times
הַיֹּצֵ֣אwho comes out
haiyotze'H3318 →1067 times
מֵחֲלָצֶ֔יךָfrom loins your
mechalatzeikhaH2504 →
הֽוּא־he
hu'-H1931 →1879 times
יִבְנֶ֥הhe will build
yivnehH1129 →376 times
הַבַּ֖יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
לִשְׁמִֽי׃for name my
lishmiH8034 →864 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 28:6And 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.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:13–14
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- 1 Chronicles 22:9–10
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…
- 1 Chronicles 17:11–14
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.
- Hebrews 4:5
And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
- 2 Samuel 7:13–14
Through
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?
it leads to
- 1 Kings 5:3–4
“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…
- 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.
- 1 Kings 8:16–19
‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be…
- 1 Kings 5:3–4
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.