2 Chronicles 6:2
and I have built a house of habitation for You, and a fixed place for Your dwelling for all ages.”
Literal Standard 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 said, “YHWH said [He would] dwell in thick darkness,
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13he builds a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom for all time.
1 Chronicles 17:12he builds a house for Me, and I have established his throne for all time;
1 Chronicles 28:6and says to me, Your son Solomon builds My house and My courts, for I have fixed on him [to be] to Me for a son, and I am to him for a father.
2 Chronicles 2:4behold, I am building a house for the Name of my God YHWH, to sanctify [it] to Him, to make incense before Him, incense of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at Sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed times of our God YHWH; this [is] on Israel for all time.
Psalms 132:5Until I find a place for YHWH, dwelling places for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Psalms 135:21Blessed [is] YHWH from Zion, || Inhabiting Jerusalem—praise YAH!
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 →