2 Chronicles 6:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

However, the Lord said to my father David, ‘Since it was your desire to build a temple for my name, you have done well to have this desire.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could; she has anointed my body   in advance for burial.

2 Chronicles 6:7

My father David had his heart set on building a temple for the name of the  Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:9

Yet, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own offspring, will build the temple for my name.’