2 Chronicles 6:2
But now I have built a glorious temple for you to live in forever!”
Translation for Translators
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, “Yahweh, you said that you would live in a dark cloud.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He is the one who will arrange for a temple to be built for me [MTY], and I will cause his descendants to be kings [MTY] of Israel forever.
1 Chronicles 17:12He is the one who will arrange for a temple to be built for me. And I will enable his descendants to be kings [MTY] of Israel forever.
1 Chronicles 28:6He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will arrange to build my temple and the courtyards around it, because I have chosen him to be like my son and I will be like [MET] his father.
2 Chronicles 2:4“We are about to build a temple where we will worship Yahweh our God. We want to dedicate it to be a place where we will burn fragrant incense to honor him, and a place to put loaves of sacred bread, and for making sacrifices every morning and every evening and every Sabbath day, and to celebrate on the day of every new moon and at other special religious festivals to honor Yahweh our God. We want to do those things forever, like Yahweh has commanded.
Psalms 132:5until I build a place for Yahweh, a home for the mighty God whom Jacob worshiped.”
Psalms 135:21Praise Yahweh in the temple on Zion Hill in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
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 →