2 Chronicles 6:2
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
1 Chronicles 17:12He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:6And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.
2 Chronicles 2:4See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel.
Psalms 132:5Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
Psalms 135:21Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:2-12
Solomon's Prayer to God. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my… Read the whole commentary →