2 Chronicles 6:6

Overview - 2 Chronicles 6
Solomon, having blessed the people, blesses God.
12 Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the brasen scaffold, etc.
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2 Chronicles 6:6  (King James Version)
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
 


But I have chosen Jerusalem
This clause is also not found in Kings. Jerusalem was expressly marked out, by the building of the temple, to be the centre of the worship of Israel; as Jehovah had before spoken by Moses: see the parallel passages.
12:13 Psalms 48:1 ; 78:68-70 132:13 Isaiah 14:32

chosen David
1 Samuel 16:1 ; 1 Chronicles 28:4 ; Psalms 89:19 Psalms 89:20