2 Chronicles 6:8

But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.

Translation for Translators

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

7Then Solomon said, “My father David wanted to build a temple for Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.

9However, you are not the one who I want to build the temple; it is one of your own sons who I want to build a temple for me.’

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Cross References

Mark 14:8It is appropriate that she has done what she was able to do. It is as if she knew that I was going to die soon and has anointed my body for their burying it.

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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