Chronicles II 6:5

5 From the day when I brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over my people Israel.

Chronicles II 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:5

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

Chronicles II 6:5 In-Context

3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood by.

4 And he said, Blessed the Lord God of Israel: he has even fulfilled with his hands as he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

5 From the day when I brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over my people Israel.

6 But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.

7 And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.