2 Chronicles 6:2
And I have indeed built a dwelling-house for thee, and have settled a place for thy abode for ever.”
Leeser Tanakh
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 said Solomon, “The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
1 Chronicles 17:12He it is that shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:6And he hath said unto me, Solomon thy son it is that shall build my house and my courts; for I have made choice of him to be as a son unto me, and I will be indeed to him as a father.
2 Chronicles 2:4(2:3) Behold, I am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to sanctify it to him, to burn before him incense of spices, and for the continual rows of show-bread, and for the burnt-offerings at morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the stated festivals of the Lord our God: this being for ever obligatory on Israel.
Psalms 132:5Until I shall have found out a place for the Lord, a dwelling-place for the mighty One of Jacob.
Psalms 135:21Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, even he that resideth at Jerusalem. Hallelujah.
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 →