And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. Treasury of Scripture 2 Samuel 7:2,3 That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains... 1 Chronicles 17:1,2 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, See, I dwell in an house of cedars... 1 Chronicles 22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house to the name of the LORD my God: 1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me...
Context Solomon Blesses the Lord
12Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13I have surely built you an house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in for ever. 14And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 15And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 18And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build an house to my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house to my name. 20And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 21And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David my father would have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel:
Darby Bible Translation
And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
King James Bible
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,
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