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2 Chronicles 6:18

But will God actually live with mankind on the earth? Look, the entire universe and heaven itself cannot contain you—how much less can this temple that I have built!

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In The King James Version

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

In Context

17Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.

19Yet please respect this prayer of your servant and his request, Yahweh my God; listen to the cry and prayer that your servant prays before you.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:46They will know that I am Yahweh, their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt so that I might live among them. I am Yahweh, their God.

2 Chronicles 2:5The house that I will build will be very large, for our God is greater than all other gods.

2 Chronicles 32:15Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this way. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my hand?”

Job 9:14How much less could I answer him, 1 could I choose words to reason with him? 1

Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; you have led away captives; 1 you have received gifts from among men, 1 even from those who fought against you, 1 so that you, Yahweh God, might live there. 1

Psalms 139:7Where can I go from your Spirit? 1 Where can I flee from your presence? 1

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:13-42

12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest… Read the whole commentary →

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