2 Chronicles 6:7

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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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  • 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."

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  • 1 Kgs 8:15-20
    6 verses
    95%

    15He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying:'

    16'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'

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

    18But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.'

    19Nevertheless, you will not build the house yourself; rather, your son, your own descendant, will build the house for My name.

    20The LORD has fulfilled His word that He spoke: I have arisen in place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have also built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:8-11
    4 verses
    92%

    8But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.

    9However, you shall not build the house; instead, your son, who will come from your body, he shall build the house for My name.'

    10The LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke, and I have taken the place of my father David and now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    11And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that He made with the people of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-8
    4 verses
    89%

    5David said, 'My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent to promote His name and glory throughout all lands. Therefore, I will make preparations for it.' So David made extensive preparations before his death.

    6Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

    8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have fought great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have shed abundant blood on the earth in my sight.'

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    83%

    5Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2Then 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.

    3But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

  • 2 Chr 6:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying:

    5'From the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city from any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

    6But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule over My people Israel.'

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    80%

    5"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

  • 2 Sam 7:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26May your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel,' and may the house of your servant David be established before you.

    27For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

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

    2David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    79%

    16I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    78%

    3This included ten fattened head of cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep—besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    77%

    25You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    77%

    4"Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    77%

    2And I have built a lofty house for You, a place for You to dwell forever.

  • 1 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10He will build a house for my name, and he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

    11Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.

  • 2 Chr 6:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17'Now then, LORD, God of Israel, let Your word that You spoke to Your servant David be confirmed.

    18'But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heavens cannot contain You, much less this house that I have built!

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    77%

    12He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    77%

    6In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    77%

    7In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    76%

    13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    76%

    1Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, the one chosen by God, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great because this temple is not for man but for the LORD God."

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    76%

    1David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

  • Acts 7:47
    76%

    47But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

    27'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    76%

    1Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    76%

    10Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
    75%

    12Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    75%

    7He placed the carved Asherah image he had made in the house about which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    75%

    13I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.