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Intimate builder Solomon hand resting near heart while recalling father, attentive elders edgeframe. Golden templedoor background. No deceased David or apparition.
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2 Chronicles 6:7-9

David’s Desire for the House

Solomon’s Prayer for the House · 2 Chronicles 6

Story guide: Solomon recalls his father David’s desire to build; David is remembered in speech rather than pictured alive.

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7It was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

8But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.’

9Yet you shall not build the house; rather, your son, who will come from your own body, shall build the house for my name.

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