2 Chronicles 6:7 BSB

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֕י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
לְבַ֖ב	le.Vav	[the] heart of	H3824 →
דָּוִ֣יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אָבִ֑י	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
לִבְנ֣וֹת	liv.Not	to build	H1129 →
בַּ֔יִת	Ba.yit	a house	H1004 →
לְשֵׁ֥ם	le.Shem	for [the] name of	H8034 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 5:3
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:3
  but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
- 1 Chronicles 22:8
  but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much…
- Psalms 110:1
  The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Through
1 Kings 8:17
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:2–3
  he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
Through
1 Chronicles 17:1
After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 15:1
  David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- 2 Chronicles 6:7–9
  Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 17:5
  For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
- Jeremiah 22:15
  Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Kings 5:3“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.1 Chronicles 17:1After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”2 Samuel 7:2–3he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”1 Chronicles 28:2–4Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,1 Kings 8:17Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.1 Chronicles 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

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