2 Chronicles 6:8
Good News Translation
but the LORD said to him, 'You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,

New Revised Standard Version
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;

Contemporary English Version
the LORD said, "It's good that you want to build a temple where I can be worshiped.

New American Bible
the LORD said to him: In wishing to build a house for my name, you did well.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will:

thou didst well

1 Kings 8:18-21 And the Lord said to David, my father: Whereas, thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind. . . .

Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath: not according to that which he hath not.

Context
Solomon Praises the LORD
7And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel, 8The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will:9But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:7
And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,

2 Chronicles 6:9
But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

2 Chronicles 6:7
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