Chronicles II 2:1

1 And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

Chronicles II 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:1

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the
Lord
For the worship and service of God, and for his honour and glory, being directed, enjoined, and encouraged to it by his father David:

and an house for his kingdom;
for a royal palace for him, and his successors, first the one, and then the other; and in this order they were built.

Chronicles II 2:1 In-Context

1 And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

2 And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.

3 And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,

4 behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this a perpetual for Israel.

5 And the house which I am building great: for the Lord our God great beyond all gods.