2 Chronicles 2:1
Good News Translation
King Solomon decided to build a temple where the LORD would be worshiped, and also to build a palace for himself.

New Revised Standard Version
Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the LORD, and a royal palace for himself.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon decided to build a temple where the LORD would be worshiped, and also to build a palace for himself.

New American Bible
Solomon gave orders for the building of a house for the name of the LORD and also a king’s house for himself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.

determined

1 Kings 5:5 Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.

for the name

Deuteronomy 12:5,11 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . .

Deuteronomy 28:58 If thou wilt not keep, and fulfil all the words of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name: that is, The Lord thy God:

1 Kings 8:18,20 And the Lord said to David, my father: Whereas, thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name, thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind. . . .

1 Chronicles 22:10 He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him: and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

Matthew 6:9,10 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. . . .

an house

1 Kings 7:1 And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.

1 Kings 9:1 And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired and was pleased to do,

Context
Preparations for the Temple
1And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.2And he numbered out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.…
Cross References
1 Kings 5:5
Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.

2 Chronicles 1:17
A chariot of four horses for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: in like manner market was made in all the kingdoms of the Hethites, and of the kings of Syria.

2 Chronicles 2:12
And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who hath given to king David a wise and knowing son, endued with understanding and prudence, to build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.

2 Chronicles 1:17
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