1 Kings 5:3 provides the reason David could not build the temple – warfare – which explains God's word here.

1 Kings 8:16-19 recounts the same divine refusal to David, adding that David's intention was good but his son would build.

1 Chronicles 17:4 is the parallel account of the same command to Nathan to tell David he will not build the temple.

1 Chronicles 22:7 records David recalling his desire to build, which God rejected here in 2 Samuel 7:5.

1 Chronicles 22:8 adds that David's bloodshed was the reason he could not build the temple, expanding on the refusal here.

In 1 Kings 3:6, Solomon acknowledges God's faithfulness to David, directly referencing the covenant promise from 2 Samuel 7.

1 Kings 8:15 declares God fulfilled what He promised David about the temple, showing the completion of the plan begun in 2 Samuel 7.

1 Kings 8:19 directly quotes God's word to David that his son, not David, would build the temple.

1 Chronicles 28:3 adds the reason David was forbidden to build the temple — because he shed blood — expanding on 2 Samuel 7:5.

Isaiah 66:1 echoes God's rhetorical question about building a house, reinforcing the theme of God's transcendence over any temple.