2 Chronicles 6:7

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיְהִ֕יand it was

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• עִם־with

  ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

• לְבַ֖ב[the] heart of

  levavH3824 →252 times

• דָּוִ֣ידDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• אָבִ֑יfather my

  ʾaviH1 →1212 times

• לִבְנ֣וֹתto build

  livnotH1129 →376 times

• בַּ֔יִתa house

  bayitH1004 →2046 times

• לְשֵׁ֥םfor [the] name of

  leshemH8034 →864 times

• יְהוָ֖הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of

  ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• 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…

  it 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.

  it 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…

  it 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.