1 Kings 8:18

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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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And Nathan 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 Israel.

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

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he has not.