2 Chronicles 6:2

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O LORD, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
  • 1 Kgs 8:13 : 13 O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
  • 1 Chr 17:12 : 12 He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
  • 1 Chr 22:10-11 : 10 He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ 11 “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.
  • 1 Chr 28:6 : 6 He said to me,‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 David said to his son Solomon:“Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the LORD’s temple is finished.
  • 2 Chr 2:4-6 : 4 Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the LORD our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis. 5 I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods. 6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.
  • Ps 132:5 : 5 until I find a place for the LORD, a fine dwelling place for the Powerful One of Jacob.”
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. 14 He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
  • Ps 135:21 : 21 The LORD deserves praise in Zion– he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
  • John 4:21-23 : 21 Jesus said to her,“Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But a time is coming– and now is here– when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.
  • Heb 9:11-12 : 11 Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, 12 and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured eternal redemption.
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:“Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    12Then Solomon said,“The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.

    13O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    82%

    12He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

  • Acts 7:47
    81%

    47But Solomon built a house for him.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    81%

    3The LORD said to him,“I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

  • 2 Chr 6:1
    81%

    1Then Solomon said,“The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    80%

    18“God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    79%

    10He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’

  • 2 Chr 6:7-11
    5 verses
    79%

    7Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

    8The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

    9But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’

    10The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

    11and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the LORD made with the Israelites.”

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    79%

    13He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    79%

    5So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    78%

    16Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    78%

    6He said to me,‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the LORD God of Israel.

    7David said to Solomon:“My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

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

    11The LORD’s message came to Solomon:

    12“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

    13I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”

    14So Solomon finished building the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    77%

    27“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • Ps 26:8
    77%

    8O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

    6I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.

    7Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,“Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    77%

    2The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD says:“You must not build me a house in which to live.

    5For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

    6Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

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

    20The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

    21and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

  • 1 Chr 17:14
    76%

    14I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’”

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    76%

    12the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:“I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

  • 2 Chr 2:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the LORD our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.

    5I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods.

    6Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    76%

    9to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    76%

    27for you, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, have told your servant,‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    76%

    10and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.“‘“I declare to you that the LORD will build a dynastic house for you!

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    75%

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

  • Ps 132:14
    75%

    14He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2King David rose to his feet and said:“Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the LORD’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    75%

    16Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    75%

    17Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    74%

    38You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.