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What does 2 Chronicles 6:9 mean?

'But you won’t be the one to build it. Instead, your own son will build the temple for me.' 2 Chronicles 6:9 - Modern Text Bible

(God made it clear that David’s son, not David himself, would be the one to build the temple, setting up Solomon’s role.)