1 Kings 8:17

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 2 Sam 7:2-3 : 2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains." 3 Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you."
  • 1 Chr 17:1-9 : 1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains." 2 Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you." 3 It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 "Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in; 5 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another. 6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"' 7 "Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. 9 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, 10 and from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you a house. 11 It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you; 14 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne shall be established forever."'" 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
  • 1 Chr 22:7 : 7 David said to Solomon his son, "As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
  • 1 Chr 28:2 : 2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, "Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

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  • 2 Chr 6:5-10
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    95%

    5 'Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:

    6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

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

    8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:

    9 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

    10 "Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:18-21
    4 verses
    92%

    18 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

    19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

    20 Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    21 There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

  • 1 Chr 22:5-8
    4 verses
    89%

    5 David said, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David prepared abundantly before his death.

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

    7 David said to Solomon his son, "As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15 He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

    16 'Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    83%

    5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.'

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    83%

    2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, "Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

    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.'

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Then David said, "This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

    2 David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    79%

    4 "Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

  • 1 Chr 17:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

    24 Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'Yahweh of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.'

    25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    79%

    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    79%

    27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    78%

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

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

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

    11 Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    78%

    6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    77%

    3 "You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    77%

    6 He said to me, 'Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26 "Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

    27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    77%

    7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    76%

    1 [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    76%

    13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    76%

    16 For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    76%

    1 David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    76%

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

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    76%

    10 and from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you a house.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    76%

    10 Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it."

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    75%

    1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains."

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    75%

    38 It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

    12 David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    75%

    8 They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    75%

    16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    75%

    2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."