2 Chronicles 6:2
and I — I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 said Solomon, 'Jehovah said — to dwell in thick darkness,
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.
1 Chronicles 17:12he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age;
1 Chronicles 28:6and saith to me, Solomon thy son, he doth build My house, and My courts, for I have fixed on him to Me for a son, and I — I am to him for a father,
2 Chronicles 2:4lo, I am building a house to the name of Jehovah my God, to sanctify [it] to Him, to make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed seasons of Jehovah our God; to the age this [is] on Israel.
Psalms 132:5Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Psalms 135:21Blessed [is] Jehovah from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem — praise ye Jah!
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 →