1 Kings 8:19 (DRB)

Passage

Nevertheless, thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:17 And David, my father, would have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel:

1 Kings 8:18 And the Lord said to David, my father: Whereas, thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind.

1 Kings 8:19 Nevertheless, thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

1 Kings 8:20 The Lord hath performed his word which he spoke. And I stand in the room of David, my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nevertheless", "thou", "shalt", "build", "house", "shall", "come", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nevertheless" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And the Lord said to David my..." into verse 20's "The Lord hath performed his word which...", so "nevertheless" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nevertheless" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.