Catholic Public Domain Version
"And my father David wanted to build a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. "
— 1 Kings 8:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.”
“Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. ”
“"Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
“Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.”
“And David, my father, would have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel:”
“Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.”
“And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.”
And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire assembly of Israel. For the entire assembly of Israel was standing.
And Solomon said: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to my father David, and who, with his own hands, has perfected it, saying:
‘From the day when I led my people Israel away from Egypt, I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built, and so that my name might be there. Instead, I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
And my father David wanted to build a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
But the Lord said to my father David: ‘Since you have planned in your heart to build a house to my name, you have done well by considering this plan in your mind.
Yet truly, you shall not build a house for me. Instead, your son, who shall go forth from your loins, he himself shall build a house to my name.’
The Lord has confirmed his word which he spoke. And so I stand in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord said. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.