2 Chronicles 6:8

8 But the LORD 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;

2 Chronicles 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:8

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:8 In-Context

6 but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there 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 the LORD, the God of Israel.

8 But the LORD 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;

9 nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.'

10 Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise which he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.