8But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. …
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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…
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