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the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Revised Standard Version

2 Chronicles 6:7

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Public;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My father David had his heart seton building a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.
King James Version
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
English Standard Version
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.
New Century Version
"My father David wanted to build a temple for the Lord , the God of Israel.
New English Translation
Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.
Amplified Bible
"Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
"Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
World English Bible
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to builde an house vnto the Name of the Lord God of Israel,
Legacy Standard Bible
And it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
When my father wanted to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel,
Complete Jewish Bible
It was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Adonai the God of Isra'el;
Darby Translation
And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
"My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Good News Translation
And Solomon continued, "My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the Lord God of Israel,
Lexham English Bible
Now, it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Literal Translation
And it was in the heart of my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan my father Dauid was mynded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE God of Israel,
American Standard Version
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
Bishop's 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,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
Now it was in the heart of Dauid my father to build an house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
English Revised Version
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne it was of the wille of Dauid, my fadir, to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel,
Update Bible Version
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel:
New King James Version
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple 2 Chronicles 6:8-10">[fn] for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
New Living Translation
Then Solomon said, "My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.
New Life Bible
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
New Revised Standard
My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so it came to pass, that it was near the heart of David my father, - to build a house, to the Name of Yahweh, God of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,
Young's Literal Translation
`And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,
THE MESSAGE
"My father David very much wanted to build a temple honoring the Name of God , the God of Israel, but God told him, ‘It was good that you wanted to build a temple in my honor—most commendable! But you are not the one to do it. Your son, who will carry on your dynasty, will build it for my Name.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 2 I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever." 3 Then the king faced about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. 4 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, 5 'Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; 6 but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I 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 the LORD, the God of Israel. 8 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; 9 nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.' 10 Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise which he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:2, 2 Samuel 7:3, 1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 8:17, 1 Chronicles 17:1, 1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Chronicles 28:2-4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:18 - Whereas 2 Chronicles 29:10 - Now it is Malachi 3:16 - and the Acts 16:6 - forbidden

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took to wife such of them as they chose.
Genesis 6:3
Then the LORD said, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:22
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Psalms 37:20
But the wicked perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures, they vanish--like smoke they vanish away.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Compare Kings (marginal references).


 
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