2 Chronicles 6:7

Solomon Blesses The People

⁶ But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and 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 the LORD God of Israel: ⁸ But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thy 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

Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house to the name of the LORD his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:1

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

2 Samuel 7:2-3

That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

1 Kings 8:17

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

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the LORD my God:

1 Chronicles 28:2-4

Then David the king stood upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: