18And the Lord said to David my father: Whereas thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind.


In Context

15 And Solomon said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and with his own hands hath accomplished it, saying:

16 Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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

18 And the Lord said to David my father: Whereas thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind.

19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

20 The Lord hath performed his word which he spoke : and I stand in the room of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:18But the Lord said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a temple for my Name, you did well to have this in your heart.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:18But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:18But the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18But Yahweh 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build an house to my name, you did well that it was in your heart.