1 Kings 8:17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And it was in the heart of David my father,.... His mind was disposed to it, his heart was set upon it, he had taken up a resolution:
to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel; for…
Here, I. Solomon encourages the priests, who came out of the temple from their ministration, much astonished at the dark cloud that overshadowed them. The disciples of Christ feared when they entered…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And it was in the heart, &c. The conjunction is better rendered in 2Ch 6:7, - Now it was in the heart." The two should be alike.
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