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2 Chronicles 6:6 In-Context
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And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,
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‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;
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but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel. ’
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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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.