1 Kings 8:18

New American Bible - revised edition

the Lord said to him: In wishing to build a house for my name, you did well.

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Nathan answered the king, “Whatever is in your heart, go and do, for the Lord is with you.”

When David my father wished to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,

But it is not you who will build the house, but your son, who comes from your loins; he shall build the house for my name.

For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have;