2 Chronicles 6:8

8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Because 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 my name to be there in Jerusalem, 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel.

8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart,

9 but you yourself will not build the house, but your son who will proceed from your loins; he himself will build the house for my name.'

10 Now Yahweh has fulfilled his word that he spoke. I have risen in the place of David my father and am seated on the throne of Israel as Yahweh has spoken. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.