2 Chronicles 6:18
How then is it to be believed that God would dwell with men upon the earth? If heaven and the heavens of the heavens do not contain you, how much less this house that I have built?
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In Context
17And now, O Lord God of Israel, let your word be confirmed that you spoke to your servant David.
Cross References
Exodus 29:46And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who led them away from the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.”
2 Chronicles 2:5For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.
2 Chronicles 32:15Therefore, let not Hezekiah deceive or delude you with vain persuasion. And you should not believe him. For if no god out of all the nations and kingdoms was able to free his people from my hand, and from the hand of my fathers, consequently neither will your God be able to rescue you from my hand.”
Job 9:14what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
Psalms 68:18And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.
Psalms 139:7I said to the Lord: You are my God. O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:13-42
12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest… Read the whole commentary →