2 Chronicles 6:2 KJV — MannaFest

2 Chronicles 6:2

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

KJV

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ASV

But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

WEB

and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

YLT

and I--I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

DBT

But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

About this book

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Ezra 7:15
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
2 Chronicles 2:4–6
Behold, 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.
Matthew 23:21
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
Psalms 132:13–14
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

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He makes a solemn prayer to God that he would please graciously to accept and answer all the prayers that should be made in, or towards, that house,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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