Verse 8
2 Chronicles 6:8
American Standard Version
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But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֔/י יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיָה֙ עִם לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ לִ/בְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לִ/שְׁמִ֑/י הֱֽטִיב֔וֹתָ כִּ֥י הָיָ֖ה עִם לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And the Lord said to David, “Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.”
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
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Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
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And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel...
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And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my...
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Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all th...
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but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people...
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God (Elohim...
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But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, tho...
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nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he...
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And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father,...
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And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of...
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And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread f...
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(for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits h...
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and he said, O Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no God (Elohim) like thee, in heaven, o...
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who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest...
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Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that whi...
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Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest u...
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But will God (Elohim) in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of hea...
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Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God (Elo...
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that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast...
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And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray...
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If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come [...
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then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way u...
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And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, an...
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then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the...
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When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they p...
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then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou t...
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If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or ca...
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what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know...
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then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place and forgive, and render unto every man according to al...
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that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unt...
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Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far c...
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then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner...
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If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and th...
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then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and de...
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yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, a...
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if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity...
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then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and...
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Now, O my God (Elohim), let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto...
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Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God (Elohim), into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy streng...
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O Jehovah God (Elohim), turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember [thy] lovingkindnesses to...
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