2 Chronicles 6:7

Solomon Blesses The People

⁶ But I have chosen Jerusalem
so that My name will be there,
and I have chosen David
to be over My people Israel.” ⁷ Now it was in the heart of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
⁸ However, Yahweh said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.

Build a Temple

Building a Temple

God of Israel

Lord God of Israel

My Father

Name of the Lord

With the Heart

David

Israel

Jehovah

1 Kings 5:3

“You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:1

When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under tent curtains.”

2 Samuel 7:2-3

the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

1 Kings 8:17

It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7

“My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,

1 Chronicles 28:2-4

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,