2 Chronicles 6:8

English Standard Version 2016

But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the readiness is there, it 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 beforehand for burial.

2 Chronicles 6:7

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

2 Chronicles 6:9

Nevertheless, it is not you who shall build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’