2 Chronicles 2:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
  • Exod 3:11 : 11 ¶ And Moses said unto God, Who [am] I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
  • Deut 12:5-6 : 5 ¶ But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
  • Deut 12:14 : 14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
  • Deut 12:26 : 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
  • 2 Sam 7:18 : 18 ¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who [am] I, O Lord GOD? and what [is] my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
  • Acts 7:48-49 : 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 49 Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • 1 Chr 29:14 : 14 But who [am] I, and what [is] my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
  • 2 Chr 1:10 : 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, [that is so] great?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 2:4-5
    2 verses
    88%

    4Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate [it] to him, [and] to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This [is an ordinance] for ever to Israel.

    5And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is] our God above all gods.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    86%

    18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    85%

    27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    79%

    9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    79%

    5And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    76%

    6Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    76%

    2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

    3But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou [hast been] a man of war, and hast shed blood.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    76%

    5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

  • 2 Chr 6:7-10
    4 verses
    75%

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

    8But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

    9Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

    10The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name [cometh] of thine hand, and [is] all thine own.

  • Hag 1:8
    75%

    8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    75%

    7In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

  • 1 Chr 22:5-8
    4 verses
    75%

    5And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

    6¶ Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

    8But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

  • Acts 7:47-49
    3 verses
    75%

    47But Solomon built him an house.

    48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

    49Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    75%

    27For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    74%

    2And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.

  • Ezra 1:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah.

    3Who [is there] among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he [is] the God,) which [is] in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    74%

    4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

  • Isa 66:1
    74%

    1¶ Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1¶ Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

    2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

    20And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    73%

    6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    73%

    25For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    73%

    12Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 2:7
    73%

    7Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    73%

    1¶ And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    73%

    17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    72%

    16¶ And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
    72%

    17And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

  • Heb 3:4
    72%

    4For every house is builded by some [man]; but he that built all things [is] God.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    72%

    12He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    72%

    1¶ Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, [is yet] young and tender, and the work [is] great: for the palace [is] not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 2 Sam 7:18
    72%

    18¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who [am] I, O Lord GOD? and what [is] my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    72%

    10Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].

  • Ezra 5:11
    72%

    11And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

  • 1 Kgs 6:7
    72%

    7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.