2 Chronicles 6:2
However, I have built you a magnificent Temple, a place for you to live forever.”
Free Bible 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 spoke, “The Lord said that he lives in deep darkness.
3Then the king turned and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, as they all stood.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He will be the one to build me a house, and I will make sure his kingdom lasts forever.
1 Chronicles 17:12He will be the one to build me a house, and I will make sure his kingdom lasts forever.
1 Chronicles 28:6He told me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who will build my house and my courts, because I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.
2 Chronicles 2:4“Please do as you did with my father David when you sent him cedar timber for him to build a palace to live in. I'm about to start building a Temple to honor the Lord my God, dedicated to him, where he will be offered sweet-smelling incense, where the showbread will be always set out in rows, and where burnt offerings will be made every morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon festivals, and at the feasts of the Lord our God—this to be done forever in Israel.
Psalms 132:5until I find a place where the Lord can live, a home for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Psalms 135:21Praise the Lord from Zion, for he lives in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
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 →