2nd Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 2 Holy Bible
But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
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So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
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But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
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But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
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But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
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But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
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and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Solomon's words now address themselves to God. For ever. These words refer rather to the permanence and station-ariness of the temple as the dwelling-place of the ark. and the mercy-seat and cherubim, and all that symbolized and invited the Divine presence, than design any prophecy of length of time. They contrast with the wandering people, and wandering worship and sacrifices, and wandering tent and tabernacle with all their sacred contents (Psalm 68:16; Psalm 132:14; 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:6-8; 2 Samuel 7:5-16).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) But I have built.--And I, on my part, have built. Kings, "I have built" (b?n?h b?nithi); scil., as "Thou didst indicate." This seems original. So the Syr. here, mebno b'nith, but not LXX. and Vulg.Habitation.--Z?b-l, a poetic word, occurring only five times. (Comp. Habakkuk 3:11.)And a place.--And, added here, weakens the force of the poetic parallelism.A place for thy dwelling.--(Exodus 15:17) another poetic expression.For ever.--(Through) ages. So only in this account and Psalm 61:5.
