2 Chronicles 6:8

8 But the LORD said to David my father: `Inasmuch as it was in thine heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well in that it was in thine 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 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: `Inasmuch as it was in thine heart to build a 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 who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for My name.'

10 The LORD therefore hath performed His word that He hath spoken; for I have risen up in the place of David my father and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.