But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was [a]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [b]in your heart. Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who [c]will be born to you, he shall build the house for My name.’ 10 Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in the place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord [d]promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 6:8 Lit with
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:8 Lit with
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:9 Lit will come forth from your loins
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:10 Lit spoke