2 Chronicles 6:5

5 'Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:5

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:5 In-Context

3 Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
4 And he said: "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
5 'Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.
6 Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there; and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'
7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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