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2 Chronicles 6:18

But will God really live here on earth among people? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!

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In The King James Version

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

In Context

17Now, Lord God of Israel, please fulfill this promise you made to your servant David.

19Please listen to the prayer of your servant and his request, Lord my God. Please hear the appeals and the prayers that your servant is presenting before you.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:46They will know that I am the Lord their God, who led them out of Egypt, so that I could live with them. I am the Lord their God.

2 Chronicles 2:5This Temple I am about to build must be impressive, because our God is greater than all gods.

2 Chronicles 32:15So don't let Hezekiah fool you, and don't let him mislead you like this. Don't trust him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save their people from me or from my fathers. So it's even less possible for your god to save you from me!”

Job 9:14So how much less could I answer God, or choose my words to argue with him!

Psalms 68:18As you ascended to your high throne you led a procession of prisoners. You received gifts from the people, even from those who had rebelled against the home of the Lord God.

Psalms 139:7Where can I go that you're not already there? Where can I run to escape your presence?

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 →

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