2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

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In The King James Version

But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

In Context

7Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

9But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

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Cross References

Mark 14:8She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:2-12

Solomon's Prayer to God. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my… Read the whole commentary →

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