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1 Kings 8:181Kgs.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.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔/י יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיָה֙ עִם לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ לִ/בְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לִ/שְׁמִ֑/י הֱטִיבֹ֔תָ כִּ֥י הָיָ֖ה עִם לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et l'Eternel dit à David, mon père: Puisque tu as eu l'intention de bâtir une maison à mon nom, tu as bien fait d'avoir eu cette intention.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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    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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