King James Version
1 Kings 8:19 in the King James Version says “Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the hous...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Kings 8:19 · KJV
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
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.
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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“Nevertheless”
H7535properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“but thy son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“that shall come forth out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“unto my ~”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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