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.


In Context

15 He said, |Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

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

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

18 But 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.

19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

20 Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And 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.

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 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.