Translations
Louis Segond 1910
David, mon père, avait l'intention de bâtir une maison au nom de l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël.
KJV
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD 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.
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/יְהִ֕י עִם לְבַ֖ב דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑/י לִ/בְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת לְ/שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Pericope
Patristic reading
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)
nostro septem diebus et septem diebus, id est quatuordecim diebus et in die octava dimisit populos (III Reg. VIII, 13-66) .» Judaei ergo loca, in quibus Domino sacrificabant, divinis habebant supplicationibus consecrata, nec in aliis quam in Deo dicatis locis munera Domino offere…
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