2 Chronicles 6:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

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  • 1 Kgs 8:18-21 : 18 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name; 19 But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name. 20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.
  • Mark 14:8 : 8 She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 8:15-20
    6 verses
    97%

    15And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

    16From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

    17Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    18But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

    19But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

    20And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:6-7
    2 verses
    92%

    6But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-8
    4 verses
    86%

    5And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

    6Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

    8But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

  • 2 Chr 6:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    9But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

    10And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    83%

    5And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

    3But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    80%

    5Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    80%

    4Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    79%

    27For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    79%

    25For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

    11Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    78%

    3You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

    12About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    77%

    2So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    77%

    38And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    76%

    12He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 2 Chr 6:15-18
    4 verses
    76%

    15For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    16So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

    17So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

    18But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    75%

    6In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    75%

    13He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    75%

    13So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    75%

    4And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

    27But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    75%

    3And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    75%

    1Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    75%

    1Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    75%

    1And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    74%

    7In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

  • 1 Chr 17:2
    74%

    2And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.

  • 2 Sam 7:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

    19And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

  • 2 Chr 2:6
    74%

    6But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.