2 Chronicles 6:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling 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 surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.
  • 1 Chr 17:12 : 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
  • 1 Chr 22:10-11 : 10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. 11 Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and build 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, he shall 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 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 2:4-6 : 4 Behold, I build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn sweet incense before him, and for the continual showbread, 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 forever to Israel. 5 And the house which I build is great, for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?
  • 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. 14 This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
  • Ps 135:21 : 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.
  • John 4:21-23 : 21 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship him.
  • Heb 9:11-12 : 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    12Then Solomon spoke: The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

    13I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    82%

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

  • Acts 7:47
    81%

    47But Solomon built Him a house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    81%

    3And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chr 6:1
    81%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    80%

    18But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    79%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:7-11
    5 verses
    79%

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

    8But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart:

    9Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your loins, he shall build the house for my name.

    10The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken; for I have risen up in the place 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.

    11And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    79%

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

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    79%

    5And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    78%

    16For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall 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%

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

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

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1And Solomon resolved to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

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

    11And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

    12As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:

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

    14So Solomon built the house and finished it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    77%

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

  • Ps 26:8
    77%

    8LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house and the place where Your honor dwells.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

    6Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    77%

    2And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to live in:

    5For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

    6Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8And they dwelt in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

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

    20And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    21And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 17:14
    76%

    14But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    76%

    12And the LORD appeared to Solomon by 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%

    4Behold, I build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn sweet incense before him, and for the continual showbread, 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 forever to Israel.

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

    6But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    76%

    9To prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall be exceedingly great.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    76%

    27For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    76%

    10And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    75%

    25For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you.

  • Ps 132:14
    75%

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

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2Then King David stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations for the building:

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    75%

    16And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    74%

    38And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.