2 Chronicles 6:6

6 and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:6

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:6 In-Context

4 and he saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled [it], saying:
5 `From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;
6 and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
7 `And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,
8 and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,
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