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But the LORD 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.

1 Kings 8:18 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૮:૧૮
પરંતુ ઈશ્વરે મારા પિતા દાઉદને કહ્યું, ‘મારા નામને અર્થે ભક્તિસ્થાન બાંધવાનું તારા હૃદયમાં રાખ્યું હતું, એ તેં સારું કર્યું હતું.
हिन्दी1 राजाओं ८:१८
परन्तु यहोवा ने मेरे पिता दाऊद से कहा, ‘यह जो तेरी इच्छा है, कि यहोवा के नाम का एक भवन बनाए, ऐसी इच्छा करके तूने भला तो किया; (प्रेरि. 7:45,46)

In context

16‘Since the day that I brought 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.’

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

18But the LORD 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.

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

20The LORD 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 the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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