1 Kings 8:18

American King James Version (1999)

And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build an house to my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.

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

Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house to my name.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man has, and not according to that he has not.