2 Chronicles 6:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 8:13 : 13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
  • 1 Chr 17:12 : 12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
  • 1 Chr 22:10-11 : 10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever. 11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.
  • 1 Chr 28:6 : 6 And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.
  • 2 Chr 2:4-6 : 4 See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel. 5 And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods. 6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.
  • Ps 132:5 : 5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
  • Ps 135:21 : 21 Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.
  • John 4:21-23 : 21 Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22 You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews. 23 But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
  • Heb 9:11-12 : 11 But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world, 12 And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 8:12-13
    2 verses
    94%

    12 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

    13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    82%

    12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • Acts 7:47
    81%

    47 But Solomon was the builder of his house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    81%

    3 And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • 2 Chr 6:1
    81%

    1 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    80%

    18 But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    79%

    10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-11
    5 verses
    79%

    7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    8 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

    9 But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

    10 And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

    11 And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    79%

    13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    79%

    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    78%

    16 For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6 And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6 Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1 Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-14
    4 verses
    78%

    11 (And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

    12 About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

    13 And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.

    14 So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    77%

    27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

  • Ps 26:8
    77%

    8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

    6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

    7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    77%

    2 The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

    5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

    6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8 And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 17:14
    76%

    14 But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    76%

    12 Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

  • 2 Chr 2:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4 See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel.

    5 And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

    6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    76%

    9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    76%

    27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    76%

    10 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    75%

    25 For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

  • Ps 132:14
    75%

    14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2 Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    75%

    16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    75%

    17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    74%

    38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.