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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;

2 Chronicles 6:8 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતી2 કાળવૃતાંત ૬:૮
પણ ઈશ્વરે મારા પિતા દાઉદને કહ્યું, ‘તારા હૃદયમાં મારા નામે સભાસ્થાન બનાવવાનો વિચાર છે તે સારો છે.
हिन्दी2 इतिहास ६:८
परन्तु यहोवा ने मेरे पिता दाऊद से कहा, ‘तेरी जो इच्छा है कि यहोवा के नाम का एक भवन बनाए, ऐसी इच्छा करके तूने भला तो किया; (1 राजा. 8:18)

In context

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

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

8But 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;

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

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

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