1 Kings 8:18

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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:

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Natan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.