2 Chronicles 6:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And when it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel,

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  • 1 Kgs 5:3 : 3 Thou knowest howe that Dauid my father could not buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde his God for the warres which were about him on euery syde, vntill the Lorde put them vnder the soles of his feete.
  • 1 Chr 17:1 : 1 And it fortuned, that when Dauid dwelt in his house, he sayde to Nathan the prophete: Lo, I dwel in an house of Cedar tree, but the arke of the lordes couenaunt remayneth vnder curtaynes.
  • 1 Chr 22:7 : 7 And Dauid sayde to Solomon: My sonne, I thought as it was in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God:
  • 1 Chr 28:2-4 : 2 And king Dauid stoode vp vpon his feete, and sayde: Heare me my brethren and my people, I had in myne heart to builde an house of rest, for the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and for the footestoole of our God, and had made redie for the building 3 But God saide vnto me: thou shalt not builde an house for my name, because thou hast ben a man of warre, and hast shed blood. 4 Moreouer the Lorde God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be king ouer Israel for euer: for in Iuda would he choose a captaine, & of the householde of Iuda is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he had a lust to me to make me king ouer all Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 8:17 : 17 And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to build an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel:
  • 2 Sam 7:2-3 : 2 The king sayde vnto Nathan the prophete: Beholde, I dwell nowe in an house of Cedar trees, but the arke of God dwelleth within the curtaynes. 3 And Nathan sayde to the king: Go, and do all that is in thyne heart, for the Lord is with thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    15And he saide: Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father, & hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying:

    16Sence the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein: But I haue chosen Dauid to be ruler ouer my people of Israel.

    17And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to build an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel:

    18And the Lorde saide vnto Dauid my father: Whereas it was in thyne heart to build an house vnto my name, thou diddest well that thou wast so minded:

    19Neuerthelesse, thou shalt not build the house: but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes, he shall build the house vnto my name.

    20And the Lorde hath made good his word that he spake, and I am rysen vp in the roome of Dauid my father, and sit on the seate of Israel, as the Lorde promysed, and haue built an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel:

  • 2 Chr 6:8-11
    4 verses
    92%

    8The Lorde sayde to Dauid my father: Forasmuch as it was in thyne heart to buylde an house for my name, thou diddest well that thou thoughtest in thyne heart.

    9Notwithstanding, thou shalt not buyld the house: but thy sonne which is proceeded out of thy loynes, he shall buylde an house for my name.

    10The Lorde therefore hath made good his saying that he hath spoken: and I am rysen vp in the roome of Dauid my father, and am set on the seate of Israel, as the Lorde promised, and haue buylt an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

    11And in it haue I put the arke wherein is the couenaunt of the Lorde that he made with the children of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-8
    4 verses
    89%

    5And Dauid sayde: Solomon my sonne is young and tender, and the house that is to be buylded for the Lorde must be magnificall, excellent, and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreys: I wil therfore make ordinaunces for it. And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his death.

    6And he called Solomon his sonne, and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel.

    7And Dauid sayde to Solomon: My sonne, I thought as it was in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God:

    8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and hast made great battayles: thou shalt therefore not buylde an house vnto my name, for thou hast shed much blood vpon the earth in my sight.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    83%

    5And beholde, I am determined to build an house vnto ye name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying: Thy sonne whom I wil set vpon thy seate for thee, he shal build an house vnto my name.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2And king Dauid stoode vp vpon his feete, and sayde: Heare me my brethren and my people, I had in myne heart to builde an house of rest, for the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and for the footestoole of our God, and had made redie for the building

    3But God saide vnto me: thou shalt not builde an house for my name, because thou hast ben a man of warre, and hast shed blood.

  • 2 Chr 6:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4And he sayde: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath with his handes fulfilled it that he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid, saying:

    5Since the day that I brought my people out of the lande of Egypt, I chose no citie among all the tribes of Israel to buylde an house in, that my name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israel:

    6Sauing that I haue chosen Hierusalem, that my name might be there, and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    80%

    5Go, and tell my seruaunt Dauid, thus sayeth the Lorde: shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in?

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

    26And let thy name be magnified for euer of men that shall say, The Lorde of hoastes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruaunt Dauid be stablished before thee.

    27For thou, O Lorde of hoastes, God of Israel, hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt, saying, I wyll buylde thee an house: And therefore hath thy seruaunt founde in his heart to pray this prayer vnto thee.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1And Dauid said: This is the house of the lord God, & this is the aulter for the burnt offring of Israel.

    2And Dauid commaunded to gather together the straungers that were in the lande of Israel, and he set masons to hew and pullishe stones for the building of the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    79%

    16And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for euer: and myne eyes and myne heart shalbe there perpetually.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1And Solomon determined to buylde an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6And he saide vnto me: Solomon thy sonne he shall builde me an house and courtes: I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I will be his father.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    78%

    3Thou knowest howe that Dauid my father could not buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde his God for the warres which were about him on euery syde, vntill the Lorde put them vnder the soles of his feete.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    77%

    25For thou O my God, hast tolde thy seruaunt that thou wilt buylde him an house, and therefore thy seruaunt hath founde in his heart to pray before thee.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    77%

    4Go and tell Dauid my seruaunt, thus sayth the Lorde, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    77%

    2And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.

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

    10He shall buylde an house for my name, and he shalbe my sonne, and I wilbe his father, and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer.

    11Nowe therfore my sonne, the Lorde be with thee, and prosper thee, and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lorde thy God, as he hath sayde of thee.

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

    17And nowe Lord God of Israel, let thy saying be true whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid.

    18(And wil God in verie deede dwel with men on earth? Beholde, heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not contayne thee, howe much lesse the house which I haue buylded?)

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    77%

    12He shall buylde me an house, and I wil stablishe his seate for euer.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    77%

    6And whersoeuer I haue walked with all Israel, spake I euer one worde to any of the iudges of Israel, whom I commaunded to feede my people, saying, Why haue ye not buylt me an house of Cedar tree?

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    77%

    7In al the places wherin I haue walked with all the childre of Israel, spake I one worde with any of ye tribes of Israel, when I commaunded the iudges to feede my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of Cedar trees?

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    76%

    13He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    76%

    1And Dauid the king saide vnto all the congregation: God hath specially chosen Solomon my sonne which is yet young & tender, & the worke is great: for the house shall not be for man, but for the Lorde God.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    76%

    1And Dauid made him houses in the citie of Dauid, and prepared a place for the arke of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • Acts 7:47
    76%

    47But Solomon buylt hym an house.

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

    26And now O God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father.

    27Wyll God in deede dwell on the earth? Beholde, the heauens and heauens of all heauens are not able to contayne thee: and how should then this house do it that I haue builded?

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    76%

    1And Solomon began to buylde the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem in mount Moria where the Lorde appeared vnto Dauid his father, euen in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    76%

    10Take heede now, for the Lorde hath chosen thee to builde him an house of a sanctuarie: Be strong therefore & play the man.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
    75%

    12Concerning the house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walke in myne ordinaunces, and execute my lawes, and kepe all my commaundementes to walke in them: then wyll I make good vnto thee my promise which I promysed Dauid thy father:

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    75%

    7And he put an image of a groue that he had made euen in the temple, of which the Lord had sayd to Dauid and Solomon his sonne: in this house and in Hierusalem which I haue chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for euer.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    75%

    13I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abyde in for euer.