2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built a house to his name, so that he may dwell there forever.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
1Then Solomon said: “The Lord has promised that he would dwell in a cloud.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He himself shall build a house to my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom, even forever.
1 Chronicles 17:12He shall build a house for me, and I will make firm his throne, even unto eternity.
1 Chronicles 28:6And he said to me: ‘Solomon your son shall build my house and my courts. For I have chosen him to be to me as a son, and I will be to him as a father.
2 Chronicles 2:4do so also for me, so that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, so that I may consecrate it for the burning of incense before him, and for the smoke of aromatics, and for the perpetual bread of the presence, and for the holocausts, in morning and in evening, as well as on the Sabbaths and new moons and solemnities of the Lord our God forever, which have been commanded to Israel.
Psalms 135:21And he granted their land as an inheritance, for his mercy is eternal:
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 →