1 Kings 8:18
And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
1 Kings 8:18 in other translations
| BSB | But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. |
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| WEB | But the LORD said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. |
| ASV | But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: |
| YLT | and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart; |
| DARBY | But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart; |
| BBE | But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name; |
| Webster | And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart. |
What does 1 Kings 8:18 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 8:12-21
Solomon encouraged the priests, who were much astonished at the dark cloud. The dark dispensations of Providence should quicken us in fleeing for refuge to the hope of the gospel. Nothing can more reconcile us to them, than to consider what God has said, and to compare his word and works together. Whatever good we do, we must look on it as the performance of God's promise to us, not of our promises to him.
1 Kings 8:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 8:18
- 2 Chronicles 6:7-9
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
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Context
- 1 Kings 8:17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:18
And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
- 1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
1 Kings 8:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Jehová dijo á David mi padre: Cuanto á haber tú tenido en el corazón edificar casa á mi nombre, bien has hecho en tener tal voluntad; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’ Éternel dit à David, mon père: Puisque tu as eu à cœur de bâtir une maison pour mon nom, tu as bien fait de l’avoir eu à cœur; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jehova sprach zu meinem Vater David: Weil es in deinem Herzen gewesen ist, meinem Namen ein Haus zu bauen, so hast du wohlgetan, daß es in deinem Herzen gewesen ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ait Dominus ad David patrem meum: Quod cogitasti in corde tuo ædificare domum nomini meo, bene fecisti, hoc ipsum mente tractans. |