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nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.
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God's Plan and Timing
God affirms David's good intention to build the temple but redirects the actual work to Solomon. One commentator notes the personal emphasis in the original language ('you, you shall not build'), highlighting that God has specific plans and timing for His work. This serves as a lesson that even our best desires must submit to God's sovereign will and His chosen instruments.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare with the parallel accounts in the books of Kings.
19th Century
Anglican
Nevertheless, you shall not build. — Only you, you shall not build; with stress on the pronoun.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).
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