2 Chronicles 6:8

But Yahweh said to David my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.

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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 David my father, to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

9Nevertheless, you must not build the house; instead, your son, one who will come from your loins, will build the house for my name.'

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Cross References

Mark 14:8She has done what she could. She has anointed my body for burial.

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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