2 Chronicles 6:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build.Only thou, thou shalt not build; with stress on the pronoun.

But thy son. — Heb., for thy son; so LXX.; Kings, “but;” and so some MSS. and the Syriac, Vulg., and Arabic here. Otherwise the whole verse is as in Kings.

2 Chronicles 6:9

9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.