2 Chronicles 6:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

1 Kings 8:17

Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:1

Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name: