1 Kings 8:18

New International Version

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name.

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Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”

“My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.