Verse 7

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:3 : 3 This included ten fattened head of cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep—besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
  • 1 Chr 17:1 : 1 When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."
  • 1 Chr 22:7 : 7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'
  • 1 Chr 28:2-4 : 2 Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build it. 3 But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4 Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and within the house of Judah, He was pleased to choose my father's family. And among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 8:17 : 17 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 7:2-3 : 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains in a tent." 3 Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."