2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 promised that he would dwell in a cloud.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
1 Chronicles 17:12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:6And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him.
2 Chronicles 2:4So do with me that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and the solemnities of the Lord our God for ever, which are commanded for Israel.
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 →