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