2 Chronicles 6:8

8 but ADONAI said to David my father, 'Although it was in your heart to build a house for my name, and 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 now I have chosen Yerushalayim, so that my name can be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Isra'el.'

7 It was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of ADONAI the God of Isra'el;

8 but ADONAI said to David my father, 'Although it was in your heart to build a house for my name, and you did well that it was in your heart,

9 nevertheless you will not build the house. Rather, you will father a son, and it will be he who will build the house for my name.'

10 Now ADONAI has fulfilled this spoken word of his; for I have succeeded my father and sit on the throne of Isra'el, as ADONAI promised; and I have built the house for the name of ADONAI the God of Isra'el.