2 Chronicles 6:2

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And I have built a lofty house for You, a place for You to dwell forever.

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  • 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  • 1 Kgs 8:13 : 13 I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.
  • 1 Chr 17:12 : 12 He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
  • 1 Chr 22:10-11 : 10 He will build a house for my name, and he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. 11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.
  • 1 Chr 28:6 : 6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
  • 2 Chr 2:4-6 : 4 The house I am building will be large because our God is greater than all gods. 5 But who can build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who am I, then, to build Him a house—except as a place to burn offerings before Him? 6 So now, send me a skilled craftsman, knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, purple, crimson, and blue yarn, and able to engrave designs. He will work with the skilled craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
  • Ps 132:5 : 5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: 14 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'
  • Ps 135:21 : 21 Blessed be the LORD from Zion, He who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
  • John 4:21-23 : 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But a time is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such people to worship him.
  • Heb 9:11-12 : 11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with humanity. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    12 Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'

    13 I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    82%

    12 He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • Acts 7:47
    81%

    47 But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    81%

    3 The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'

  • 2 Chr 6:1
    81%

    1 Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    80%

    18 'But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heavens cannot contain You, much less this house that I have built!

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    79%

    10 He will build a house for my name, and he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-11
    5 verses
    79%

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

    8 But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.

    9 However, you shall not build the house; instead, your son, who will come from your body, he shall build the house for My name.'

    10 The LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke, and I have taken the place of my father David and now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    11 And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that He made with the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    79%

    13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    79%

    5 Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    78%

    16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6 Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1 Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

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

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

    12 Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

    13 And I will dwell among the people of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.

    14 So Solomon built the house and completed it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    77%

    27 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'

  • Ps 26:8
    77%

    8 Lord, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

    6 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.

    7 In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    77%

    2 The house that King Solomon built 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 tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

    5 For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

    6 In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

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

    20 The LORD has fulfilled His word that He spoke: I have arisen in place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have also built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    21 And there I have placed a place for the Ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 17:14
    76%

    14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    76%

    12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  • 2 Chr 2:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4 The house I am building will be large because our God is greater than all gods.

    5 But who can build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who am I, then, to build Him a house—except as a place to burn offerings before Him?

    6 So now, send me a skilled craftsman, knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, purple, crimson, and blue yarn, and able to engrave designs. He will work with the skilled craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    76%

    9 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    76%

    27 For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    76%

    10 and as they have done since the time I appointed judges over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD himself will build a house for you.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    75%

    25 You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

  • Ps 132:14
    75%

    14 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2 Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build it.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    75%

    16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    74%

    38 If you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, doing what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.