But I have built an house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling for ever. Treasury of Scripture I have built 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... 2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 1 Kings 8:13 I have surely built you an house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in for ever. 1 Chronicles 17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever. 1 Chronicles 22:10,11 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father... 1 Chronicles 28:6,20 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son... Psalm 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. Psalm 132:13,14 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation... John 4:21-23 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem... Hebrews 9:11,12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands... Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them...
Context Solomon Blesses the People
1Then said Solomon, The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2But I have built an house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling for ever. 3And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled that which he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5Since 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: 6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 8But the LORD said to David my father, For as much as it was in your heart to build an house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart: 9Notwithstanding you shall not build the house; but your son which shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 11And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.
Darby Bible Translation
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
King James Bible
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Young's Literal Translation
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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