2 Chronicles 6:2

Listen to 2 Chronicles 6:2
2 But I have built you 1an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever. ”

2 Chronicles 6:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:2

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

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2 Chronicles 6:2 In-Context

1 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
2 But I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever. ”
3 Then the king turned around 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 out of 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;

Cross References 1

  • 1. 6:2 [Ps. 135:21]
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