Verse 7

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:3 : 3 You know how David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars that surrounded him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
  • 1 Chr 17:1 : 1 Now it happened, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.
  • 1 Chr 22:7 : 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:
  • 1 Chr 28:2-4 : 2 Then King David stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations for the building: 3 But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood. 4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel:
  • 1 Kgs 8:17 : 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 7:2-3 : 2 That the king said to Nathan the prophet, Look now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.