2 Chronicles 6:18

18 "But 1will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, 2heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much * less this house which I have built.

2 Chronicles 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:18

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:18 In-Context

16 "Now therefore, O LORD , the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.'
17 "Now therefore, O LORD , the God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.
18 "But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.
19 "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;
20 that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 113:5, 6
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 2:6; Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:49

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "heaven of heavens"
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