Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Kings 8:19 in English Standard Version "Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’" 2Sa 7:5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in? 2Sa 7:12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 1Ki 5:3 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 1Ki 5:5 And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’