1-Kings - 8:17



17 "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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And David my father would have built a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel:
Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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And it was in the heart of David my father,.... His mind was disposed to it, his heart was set upon it, he had taken up a resolution:
to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel; for his worship and service, for his honour and glory, 2-Samuel 7:3.

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