2 Chronicles 6:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will.

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For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath, not according to that which he hath not.

She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for burial.

And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,

But thou shalt not build the house: but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.