1 Kings 8:17

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David my father would have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:2

And the king rising up and standing said: Hear me, my brethren and my people. I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord and the footstool of our God might rest: and I prepared all things for the building.

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon: My son, it was my desire to have built a house to the name of the Lord my God.

1 Kings 8:18

And the Lord said to David my father: Whereas thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind.