2 Chronicles 6:7

And though David, my father, had decided that he would build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel,

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In The King James Version

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

In Context

6But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it. And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.’

8the Lord said to him: ‘In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will.

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:3“You know the will of my father David, and that he was not able to build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were imminent all around him, until the Lord set them under the steps of his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:1Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: “Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins.”

1 Chronicles 28:2And when the king had risen up and was standing, he said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I thought that I would build a house, in which the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the footstool of our God, might rest. And so I prepared everything for its building.

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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