The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:2 (RSV)

I have built thee an exalted house,
a place for thee to dwell in for ever.”

 

[Shamah]

2 Chronicles 6:2, “But I have built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell in forever.”

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:3 (RSV)

Then the king faced about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:4 (RSV)

And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,

 

[Shamah]

2 Chronicles 6:5, "From the day that I brought My people out of the land of Mitsrayim, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Yisra’ĕl in which to build a house for My Name to be there, nor did I choose any man to be a leader over My people Yisra’ĕl."

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:6 (RSV)

but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:7 (RSV)

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

 

[Shamah]

2 Chronicles 6:8, “But יהוה said to my father Dawiḏ, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a House for My Name, you did well in that it was in your heart."

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:9 (RSV)

nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:10 (RSV)

Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise which he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

 

[Shamah]

2 Chronicles 6:11, “And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of יהוה which He made with the children of Yisra’ĕl.”

 

[Mel85]

2 Chronicles 6:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

 

[Mel85]

2 Chronicles 6:13 King James Version (KJV)
13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.

 

[Mel85]

2 Chronicles 6:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

 

[Shamah]

2 Chronicles 6:15, "who has guarded what You promised Your servant Dawiḏ my father. Indeed, You have both spoken with Your mouth and have filled it with Your hand, as it is this day."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Chronicles 6:16 (ERV)
Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:17 (NIV)

And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:18 (NIV)

“But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!

 

[Shamah]

2 Chronicles 6:19, “Yet, shall You turn to the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O יהוה my Elohim, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant is praying before You?"

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 6:20 (NIV)

May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.