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2 Chronicles 6:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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! "
2 Chronicles 6:18
Verse in Context
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Now therefore, O LORD 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 upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
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!
Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
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2 Chronicles 6:1
"Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness."
2 Chronicles 6:2
"But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever."
2 Chronicles 6:3
"And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood."
2 Chronicles 6:4
"And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,"
2 Chronicles 6:5
"Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:"
2 Chronicles 6:6
"But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel."
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