2 Chronicles 6:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the Name and renown of the Lord, the God of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁷ My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD, Israel’s God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And though David, my father, had decided that he would build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel,

2 Chronicles 6:7 Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:1

Now when David settled in his house, David said to the prophet Nathan, “I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”

1 Kings 5:3

“You know that my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until he put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 22:7

David said to Solomon, “My son, I had planned to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.

1 Kings 8:17

My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;