2 Chronicles 6:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

2 Chronicles 6:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 17:1
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
1 Kings 5:3
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Chronicles 22:7
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Chronicles 28:2-4
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: …
1 Kings 8:17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God David Generals, Distinguished God Guidance Israel Lord

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

It is of great consequence, in all our religious actions, that we design well, and that our eye be single. If Solomon had built this temple in the pride of his heart, as Ahasuerus made his feast, only to show the riches of his kingdom and the honour of his majesty, it would not have turned at all to his account. But here he declares upon what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not o…