2 Chronicles 6:5
Since HaYom when I brought forth Ami out of Eretz Mitzrayim I chose no city among all the Shivtei Yisroel to build a Bais in, that Shmi might be there; neither chose I any ish to be a Nagid over Ami Yisroel,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I chose Yerushalayim, that Shmi might be there; and chose Dovid to be over Ami Yisroel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which Hashem Eloheichem shall choose out of all your shevatim to put Shmo there, even unto His habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
1 Samuel 10:24And Shmuel said to kol HaAm, See ye him whom Hashem hath chosen? That there is none like him among kol HaAm? And kol HaAm shouted, and said, May HaMelech live!
1 Samuel 15:23For meri (rebellion) is as the chattat (sin) of kesem (witchcraft, soothsaying, divination), 1 and stubbornness is as heathenish iniquity and idolatry. 1 Because thou hast rejected the Devar Hashem, 1 He hath also rejected thee from being Melech.
2 Samuel 7:15But My chesed shall not be taken away from him, as I took it from Sha'ul, whom I removed from before thee.
2 Kings 21:4And he built mizbechot in the Beis Hashem, of which Hashem said, In Yerushalayim will I put Shmi (My Name).
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 →