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2 Chronicles 6:8

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ דָּוִיד אָבִי יַעַן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם ־ לְבָבְךָ לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי הֱ‍ֽטִיבוֹתָ כִּי הָיָה עִם ־ לְבָבֶֽךָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7וַיְהִי עִם ־ לְבַב דָּוִיד אָבִי לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

9רַק אַתָּה לֹא תִבְנֶה הַבָּיִת כִּי בִנְךָ הַיּוֹצֵא מֵֽחֲלָצֶיךָ הֽוּא ־ יִבְנֶה הַבַּיִת לִשְׁמִֽי ׃

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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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