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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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New Living Translation

2 Chronicles 6:2

Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!"

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 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

1 Then Solomon prayed, "O Lord , you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness. 2 Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!" 3 Then the king turned around to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this blessing: 4 "Praise the Lord , the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father, 5 ‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. Nor have I chosen a king to lead my people Israel. 6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.'" 7 Then Solomon said, "My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the Lord , the God of Israel. 8 But the Lord told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good, 9 but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.' 10 "And now the Lord has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father's place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the Lord , the God 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
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
Genesis 4:26
When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.
Genesis 6:1
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.
Genesis 6:6
So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.
Genesis 6:7
And the Lord said, "I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them."
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor with the Lord .
Genesis 6:12
God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.

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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