2 Chronicles 6:2

2 I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever."

2 Chronicles 6:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:2

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:2 In-Context

1 Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

2 I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever."

3 Then the king faced about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

4 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,

5 'Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;