What does 2 Chronicles 6:7 mean?

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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

• 1 Chronicles 22:7

  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.

• 1 Kings 5:3

  Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.

• 1 Kings 8:17

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

• 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, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.

• 2 Samuel 7:2

  that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

• 1 Chronicles 17:1

  And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.

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