2 Chronicles 6:17

And now, Lord God of Israel, thy word be made steadfast, which thou spakest to thy servant David.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

In Context

16Now therefore, Lord God of Israel, fulfill thou to thy servant, my father David, whatever things thou hast spoken, saying, A man of thee shall not fail before me, that shall sit upon the throne of Israel; so nevertheless if thy sons keep my ways (or so shall it be if thy sons keep my ways), and go in my law, as and thou hast gone before me.

18Therefore whether it is believeful, that the Lord dwell with men on earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens (may not) take, either may not hold thee, Lord, how much more this house, which I have builded? (And so is it believable, that the Lord can live with people here on earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot hold thee, Lord, how much less this House, Lord, which I have built for thee?)

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Cross References

Exodus 24:10and saw [the] God of Israel, (and) under his feet, they saw as the work of a sapphire stone, and as heaven when it is clear. (and they saw the God of Israel, and under his feet they saw a pavement made out of sapphire stones, and like the heavens when they be clear blue.)

2 Chronicles 6:4and he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath fulfilled in work that thing, that he spake to David, my father, and said,

Isaiah 41:17Needy men and poor seek waters, and those be not, (or The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none); the tongue of them dried (up) for thirst. I the Lord shall hear them, I (the) God of Israel shall not forsake them.

Jeremiah 11:5that I raise (up) the oath which I swore to your fathers, that I should give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day is (or as it is this day). And I answered, and said, Amen, Lord.

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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