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Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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2 Chronicles 6:2

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Public;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gath;   Solomon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but I have built an exalted temple for you,a place for your residence forever.
Hebrew Names Version
But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
King James Version
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
English Standard Version
But I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever."
New Century Version
Lord , I have built a wonderful Temple for you—a place for you to live forever."
New English Translation
O Lord , I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently."
Amplified Bible
"I have built You a lofty house, A place for You to dwell forever."
New American Standard Bible
"I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."
World English Bible
But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to dwell in for euer.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now I have built You a lofty house,And a place for Your dwelling forever."
Berean Standard Bible
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever."
Contemporary English Version
Now I've built a glorious temple where you can live forever."
Complete Jewish Bible
But I have built you a magnificent house, a place where you can live forever."
Darby Translation
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Easy-to-Read Version
But, Lord, I have built a beautiful house for you to live in forever."
George Lamsa Translation
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Good News Translation
Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."
Lexham English Bible
But I have built for you an exalted house, even a place for you to dwell in forever."
Literal Translation
And I have surely built an exalted house for You, and a place for You to dwell forever.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue buylded an house to be an habitacion vnto the: & a seate, yt thou mayest dwell there for euer.
American Standard Version
But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
Bible in Basic English
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.
King James Version (1611)
But I haue built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But I have built a house to thy name, holy to thee, and prepared for thee to dwell in for ever.
English Revised Version
But I have built thee an house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe I haue bilde an hows to his name, that he schulde dwelle there with outen ende.
Update Bible Version
But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
New King James Version
I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever."
New Living Translation
Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!"
New Life Bible
I have built a great house for You. It is a place for You to live in forever."
New Revised Standard
I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, I, have built a house as a home for thee, - A settled place for thee to abide in, for ages.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.
Revised Standard Version
I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever."
Young's Literal Translation
and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."

Contextual Overview

1Then Solomon said, God said he would dwell in a cloud, But I've built a temple most splendid, A place for you to live in forever. 3 The king then turned to face the congregation that had come together and blessed them: 4"Blessed be God , the God of Israel, who spoke personally to my father David. Now he has done what he promised when he said, ‘From the day I brought my people Israel up from Egypt, I haven't set apart one city among the tribes of Israel in which to build a temple to honor my Name, or chosen one person to be the leader. But now I have chosen both a city and a person: Jerusalem for honoring my Name and David to lead my people Israel.' 7"My father David very much wanted to build a temple honoring the Name of God , the God of Israel, but God told him, ‘It was good that you wanted to build a temple in my honor—most commendable! But you are not the one to do it. Your son, who will carry on your dynasty, will build it for my Name.' 10"And now you see the promise completed. God has done what he said he would do; I have succeeded David my father and now rule Israel; and I have built a temple to honor God , the God of Israel, and have secured a place for the Chest that holds the Covenant of God , the covenant he made with the people of Israel."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have built: 2 Chronicles 2:4-6, 2 Samuel 7:13, 1 Kings 8:13, 1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 22:11, 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Psalms 132:5, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, John 4:21-23, Hebrews 9:11, Hebrews 9:12, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 9:24 - there came a fire 1 Kings 8:12 - The Lord Ezra 7:15 - whose habitation Psalms 26:8 - where Psalms 68:5 - in his Ezekiel 46:10 - General Matthew 23:21 - and by

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Genesis 6:1
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Genesis 6:3
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.
Genesis 6:8
But Noah was different. God liked what he saw in Noah.
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.
Genesis 6:14
"Build yourself a ship from teakwood. Make rooms in it. Coat it with pitch inside and out. Make it 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper.
Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything God commanded him to do.
Genesis 27:46
Rebekah spoke to Isaac, "I'm sick to death of these Hittite women. If Jacob also marries a native Hittite woman, why live?"
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are children of God , your God, so don't mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead. You only are a people holy to God , your God; God chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Kings (marginal references).

Compare Kings (marginal references).


 
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