1 Chronicles 22:7
New International Version
David said to Solomon: “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God.

New Living Translation
“My son, I wanted to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God,” David told him.

English Standard Version
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

Berean Standard Bible
“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

King James Bible
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

New King James Version
And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the LORD my God;

New American Standard Bible
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a house for the name of the LORD my God.

NASB 1995
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

NASB 1977
And David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

Legacy Standard Bible
And David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it within my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

Amplified Bible
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a house for the Name (Presence) of the LORD my God.

Christian Standard Bible
“My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of the LORD my God,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,

American Standard Version
And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And said to him: “You shall build a house for LORD JEHOVAH God, THE LORD of LORDS of Israel

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David said to Solomon, My child, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord God.

Contemporary English Version
He said: My son, I wanted to build a temple where the LORD my God would be worshiped.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David said to Solomon: My son, it was my desire to have built a house to the name of the Lord my God.

English Revised Version
And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
David told his son Solomon, "I had my heart set on building a temple for the name of the LORD, my God.

Good News Translation
David said to him, "Son, I wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God.

International Standard Version
David addressed Solomon: "I have attempted to build a temple to the name of the LORD my God.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And David said to Solomon: 'My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God.

Literal Standard Version
and David says to his son Solomon, “As for me, it has been with my heart to build a house for the Name of my God YHWH,

Majority Standard Bible
“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

New American Bible
David said to Solomon: “My son, it was my purpose to build a house myself for the name of the LORD, my God.

NET Bible
David said to Solomon: "My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God.

New Revised Standard Version
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had planned to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

New Heart English Bible
David said to Solomon, "My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the LORD my God:

World English Bible
David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

Young's Literal Translation
and David saith to Solomon his son, 'As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Solomon Anointed to Build the Temple
6Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. 7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, 8but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:2
he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent."

2 Samuel 7:3
And Nathan replied to the king, "Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."

1 Chronicles 17:1
After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD."

Psalm 132:5
until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."


Treasury of Scripture

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house to the name of the LORD my God:

it was in

1 Chronicles 17:1
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

1 Chronicles 28:2
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

unto the name

Deuteronomy 12:5,11,21
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: …

1 Kings 8:16,20,29
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel…

1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

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(7) My son.--So some MSS., the Hebrew margin, and LXX., Vulg., Targ. rightly. The Hebrew text reads, "His son," which is probably an oversight, due to "Solomon his son" in 1Chronicles 22:6.

As for me, it was in my mind.--Literally, I--it became with (near or in) my heart, i.e., it came into my mind, was my intention. The phrase is common in 2 Chronicles, but rare in the older books. (Comp. 1Kings 8:17; 1Kings 10:2; and also Joshua 14:7.) It recurs in 1Chronicles 28:2 exactly as here. . . .

Verse 7. - (Comp. 1 Chronicles 17:1, 2; 2 Samuel 7:2, 3.) For my son, the Chethiv shows "his son," the Keri substituting "my."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“My son,”
בְּנִ֕י (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

said
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

David
דָּוִ֖יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

to Solomon,
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (liš·lō·mōh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

“it was
הָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

my heart
לְבָבִ֔י (lə·ḇā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

to build
לִבְנ֣וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1129: To build

a house
בַּ֔יִת (ba·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

for the Name
לְשֵׁ֖ם (lə·šêm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

my God,
אֱלֹהָֽי׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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