What does 2 Samuel 7:3 mean?

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• 2 Kings 4:27

  And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

• 1 Samuel 10:7

  And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion shall serve thee; for God is with thee.

• 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 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 Samuel 16:7

  But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.

• 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.

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