What Does 2 Chronicles 6:7 Mean in the King James?
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
David’s desire is to build a house for the LORD’s shem (שֵׁם, name as nature), so the structure is meant to embody divine character, not merely bear a sacred label.
THE MEANING
This verse shows how your inward intention can already be oriented toward making room for God’s nature. David (דָּוִד, Dawid: beloved) holds that desire “in the heart,” and “name” here is shem (שֵׁם, name as nature), so the house is meant to bear the LORD’s character. The desire has meaning before any building is finished.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Only what reaches completion counts; a desire that never becomes a finished structure is empty.
THE ROOT
לִבְנוֹת
livnot from banah
GROWS FROM
בנה
To build, build up, or establish.
“build” in this verse is livnot from banah. The word family includes ben (בֵּן, son or descendant) and binyan (בִּנְיָן, building or structure), joining the work of building with both a dwelling and what continues beyond its builder. Since the house is for shem (שֵׁם, name as nature), the aim is a dwelling that bears the LORD’s character.
ALSO GROWS
ben: Son; descendant.
בֵּן
The connection between son and building a household lets the house carry a sense of continuity beyond the person who first desires it.
binyan: Building; structure.
בִּנְיָן
This noun names what the verb produces: an inward intention taking visible form as a dwelling.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling for the LORD’s name begins as human desire and takes shape through a work that exceeds the first person’s intent.
But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.THE THREAD
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.The same Hebrew word, shem (שֵׁם, name as nature), is joined here to the LORD’s goodness and self-revelation. That opens David’s intended house as a dwelling for the character the LORD makes known, not a monument to a label.
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