7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.


In Context

4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

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 an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

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

9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

2 Chronicles 6:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:7"My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.