2 Chronicles 6:7

Solomon Blesses The People

⁶ But I have chosen my name to be there in Jerusalem, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.' ⁷ Now, it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. ⁸ But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart,

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 knew David my father, that he was not able to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God, {in view of the warfare} which surrounded him, until Yahweh placed them under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:1

And as David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [is] under tent curtains."

2 Samuel 7:2-3

And the king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, please, I [am] living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God [is] staying in the middle of the tent."

1 Kings 8:17

{David my father desired} to build a house for the name of Yahweh the God of Israel,

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon his son, "I myself had in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,

1 Chronicles 28:2-4

And King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. {I myself wanted} to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build.