2 Chronicles 6:18

Bishops' Bible (1568)

(And wil God in verie deede dwel with men on earth? Beholde, heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not contayne thee, howe much lesse the house which I haue buylded?)

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  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who is able to buylde him an house? when that heauen and heauen aboue all heauens is not able to receaue him, what am I then that should buyld him an house? nay, but euen to burne sacrifice before him shall this buylding be.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, and the earth is my footstoole: Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me? And where shalbe the place that I wyll dwell in?
  • Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like vnto God our Lord that dwelleth on hygh aboue all: 6 and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth?
  • Ps 139:7-9 : 7 Whyther can I go from thy spirite: or whyther can I flee away from thy face? 8 If I ascende vp into heauen, thou art there: if I lay me downe in hell, thou art there also. 9 If I take the wynges of the morning: and go to dwell in the vttermost part of the sea. 10 Euen there also thy hande shall leade me: and thy right hande shall holde me.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell, that I may heale a troubled minde, and a contrite heart.
  • Exod 29:45-46 : 45 And I will dwell amongst the chyldren of Israel, and will be their God: 46 And they shall knowe that I am the Lord theyr God, that brought them out of the lande of Egypt, for to dwell amongst them euen I the Lord their God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 Wyll God in deede dwell on the earth? Beholde, the heauens and heauens of all heauens are not able to contayne thee: and how should then this house do it that I haue builded?
  • 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Wherfore nowe let not Hezekia deceaue you, nor persuade you of this fassion, nor yet beleue him: For as no god among all nations and kingdomes, was able to rid his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers: Howe much lesse shall your gods be able to kepe you out of my hande?
  • Job 4:19 : 19 Howe much more in them that dwel in houses of clay, and whose foundation is but dust, which shall be consumed as it were with a moth?
  • Job 9:14 : 14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him?
  • Job 25:4-6 : 4 But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman? 5 Beholde, the moone shyneth nothing in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight. 6 Howe much more then man that is but corruption, and the sonne of man which is but a worme?
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 Thou wenst vp on high, thou hast led captiuitie captiue, thou hast receaued gyftes for men: yea euen for those that be disobedient, that God the Lorde myght dwell among them,
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 May any man hide him selfe so, that I shall not see hym saith the Lorde? do not I fulfill heauen and earth saith the Lorde?
  • Matt 7:11 : 11 If ye then, beyng euyll, knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes: howe much more shall your father, which is in heauen, geue good thynges, to them that aske hym?
  • Acts 7:48-49 : 48 Howebeit, he that is hyest of al, dwelleth not in teples made with handes, as sayth the prophete: 49 Heauen is my seate, and earth is my footstoole. What house wyll ye buylde for me, saith the Lord? Or which is the place of my rest?
  • Acts 17:24 : 24 God that made the worlde, & all that are in it, seing that he is Lorde of heaue and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with handes:
  • 2 Cor 12:2 : 2 For I knew a ma in Christe, aboue xiiij. yeres ago, (whether he were in the body I can not tell, or whether he were out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth) that he was taken vp into the thirde heauen:

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  • 1 Kgs 8:26-28
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    26And now O God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father.

    27Wyll God in deede dwell on the earth? Beholde, the heauens and heauens of all heauens are not able to contayne thee: and how should then this house do it that I haue builded?

    28Haue thou therefore respect vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt, and to his supplication O Lorde my God, to heare the crye and prayer which thy seruaunt prayeth before thee this day:

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    5And the house which I buylde shalbe great: for great is our God aboue all gods.

    6But who is able to buylde him an house? when that heauen and heauen aboue all heauens is not able to receaue him, what am I then that should buyld him an house? nay, but euen to burne sacrifice before him shall this buylding be.

  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
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    1Then Solomon sayde: The Lord hath spoken, howe that he wil dwell in the darcke cloude.

    2And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.

  • 2 Chr 6:19-20
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    19Let it be thy pleasure therfore to turne to the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplication O Lorde my God, to hearken vnto the voyce and prayer whiche thy seruaunt prayeth before thee,

    20And let thyne eyes be open towarde this house day & night, ouer this place wherof thou hast sayde that thou wouldest put thy name there, to hearken vnto the prayer whiche thy seruaunt prayeth in this place.

  • 2 Chr 6:17
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    17And nowe Lord God of Israel, let thy saying be true whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid.

  • Acts 7:47-49
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    47But Solomon buylt hym an house.

    48Howebeit, he that is hyest of al, dwelleth not in teples made with handes, as sayth the prophete:

    49Heauen is my seate, and earth is my footstoole. What house wyll ye buylde for me, saith the Lord? Or which is the place of my rest?

  • Isa 66:1
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    1Thus saith the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, and the earth is my footstoole: Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me? And where shalbe the place that I wyll dwell in?

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    4Go and tell Dauid my seruaunt, thus sayth the Lorde, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:

    5For I haue dwelt in no house sence the day that I brought out the children of Israel, vnto this day: but haue gone from tent to tent, and from one habitation to an other.

    6And whersoeuer I haue walked with all Israel, spake I euer one worde to any of the iudges of Israel, whom I commaunded to feede my people, saying, Why haue ye not buylt me an house of Cedar tree?

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    5Go, and tell my seruaunt Dauid, thus sayeth the Lorde: shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in?

    6For I haue not dwelt in any house, sence the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, vnto this day: but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.

    7In al the places wherin I haue walked with all the childre of Israel, spake I one worde with any of ye tribes of Israel, when I commaunded the iudges to feede my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of Cedar trees?

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27For thou, O Lorde of hoastes, God of Israel, hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt, saying, I wyll buylde thee an house: And therefore hath thy seruaunt founde in his heart to pray this prayer vnto thee.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-11
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    7And when it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel,

    8The Lorde sayde to Dauid my father: Forasmuch as it was in thyne heart to buylde an house for my name, thou diddest well that thou thoughtest in thyne heart.

    9Notwithstanding, thou shalt not buyld the house: but thy sonne which is proceeded out of thy loynes, he shall buylde an house for my name.

    10The Lorde therefore hath made good his saying that he hath spoken: and I am rysen vp in the roome of Dauid my father, and am set on the seate of Israel, as the Lorde promised, and haue buylt an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

    11And in it haue I put the arke wherein is the couenaunt of the Lorde that he made with the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5And beholde, I am determined to build an house vnto ye name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying: Thy sonne whom I wil set vpon thy seate for thee, he shal build an house vnto my name.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
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    25For thou O my God, hast tolde thy seruaunt that thou wilt buylde him an house, and therefore thy seruaunt hath founde in his heart to pray before thee.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
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    8And they dwelt therin, and haue buylt thee a teple therin for thy name, saying:

  • 2 Chr 6:32-34
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    32Moreouer, the straunger whiche is not of thy people Israel, if he come from a farre lande for thy great names sake, and thy mightie hande, and thy stretched outarme: If they come I say, and pray in this house:

    33Thou shalt heare from heauen, euen from thy dwelling place, and shalt do according to all that the straunger calleth to thee for: That all people of the earth may knowe thy name, and feare thee as doth thy people Israel, and that they may knowe how that in this house whiche I haue buylt, thy name is called vpon.

    34If thy people go out to warre against their enemies by the way that thou shalt sende them, and they pray to thee in the way towarde this citie whiche thou hast chosen, euen toward the house which I haue buylt for thy name:

  • 1 Kgs 6:12-13
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    12Concerning the house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walke in myne ordinaunces, and execute my lawes, and kepe all my commaundementes to walke in them: then wyll I make good vnto thee my promise which I promysed Dauid thy father:

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
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    13I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abyde in for euer.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
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    2And the house which king Solomon built for the Lorde, was threescore cubites long, and twentie cubites broade, and thirtie cubites hie.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
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    16And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for euer: and myne eyes and myne heart shalbe there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
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    3And ye Lord said vnto him, I haue heard thy prayer & thy intercession that thou hast made before me: For I haue halowed this house, which thou hast built to put my name there for euer, & mine eies & myne hearte shalbe there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
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    17But the house, that is the temple before it, was fourtie cubites long.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
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    16O Lorde our God, all this stuffe that we haue prepared to builde thee an house for thy holy name, commeth of thyne hand, and is all thyne.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
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    19And the quier that was within the temple he prepared, to set there the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde.

  • 2 Sam 7:19
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    19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God: but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle: but doth this appertayne to man, O Lorde God?

  • Hag 1:8
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    8Get you vp to the mountayne, and fetche wood, and buyld this house, & I wil take pleasure in it, and I wilbe glorified, sayth the Lorde.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
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    16And Dauid the king came and sate before the Lord, and sayde: What am I O Lord God, and what is myne houshold, that thou hast promoted me thus farre?

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    8O God, I haue loued the habitation of thine house: and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-19
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    17And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to build an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel:

    18And the Lorde saide vnto Dauid my father: Whereas it was in thyne heart to build an house vnto my name, thou diddest well that thou wast so minded:

    19Neuerthelesse, thou shalt not build the house: but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes, he shall build the house vnto my name.

  • 1 Kgs 8:43
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    43Therfore heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, & do all that the straunger calleth to thee for: that all nations of the earth may knowe thy name, and feare thee as do thy people Israel, and that they may knowe that thy name is called vpon in this house which I haue builded.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
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    2And king Dauid stoode vp vpon his feete, and sayde: Heare me my brethren and my people, I had in myne heart to builde an house of rest, for the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and for the footestoole of our God, and had made redie for the building