1 Kings 8:18

But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

In Context

17Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:3And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:13-22

12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I… Read the whole commentary →

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