7 And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:7 Cross References - Brenton
2 Samuel 7:2-3
1 Kings 5:3
3 Thou knewest my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings 8:17
17 And it was in the heart of my father to build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 17:1
1 And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains of skins.
1 Chronicles 22:7
7 And David said to Solomon, My child, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord God.
1 Chronicles 28:2-4
2 And David stood in the midst of the assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared materials suitable for the building:
3 but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
4 Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of the whole house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; and he chose Juda as the kingly house, and out of the house of Juda he chose the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he preferred me, that I should be king over all Israel.