1 Kings 8:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ “My father David wanted very much to build a temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the Name [the Presence] of the Lord, the God of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD, Israel’s God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And my father David wanted to build a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And David my father would have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:17 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 8:18

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘I know that you want very much to build a temple to honor me. And this is good that you want to build my temple.

1 Chronicles 22:7

David said to Solomon, “My son, I wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. In my heart I wanted to build a place to keep the Box of the Lord’s Agreement. {\cf2\super [299]} I wanted to build a place that would be God’s footstool. {\cf2\super [300]} And I made the plans for building that house for God.

Psalm 132:5

I will not do any of those things\par until I find a house for the Lord,\par a home for the Mighty God of Jacob!”\par