Bible verse
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
2 Chronicles 6:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Chronicles 6.
1 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
2 and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
3 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
4 and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
5 ‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
KJV
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
ASV
But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
ERV
But I have built thee an house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
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