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2 Chronicles 6:2
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1 Then aSolomon spoke:
“The Lord said He would dwell in the bdark cloud. 
2 I have surely built You an exalted house,
And aa place for You to dwell in forever.”  

Solomon’s Speech upon Completion of the Work

3 Then the king turned around and ablessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.  
4 And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, asaying,  
5 ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.
6 aYet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I bhave chosen David to be over My people Israel.’  
7 Now ait was in the heart of my father David to build a1 temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.  
8 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.
9 Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My aname.’  
10 So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke, and I have filled the position of my father David, and asit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; and I have built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.  
11 And there I have put the ark, ain which is the covenant of the Lord which He made with the children of Israel.”  

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

12 aThen1 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands  
13 (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven);
Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 6:2

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

Amplified® Bible
I have built You a house, [in which the dark Holy of Holies seems] a [fitting] abode for You, a place for You to dwell in forever.

Contemporary English Version
Now I've built a glorious temple where you can live forever."

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

Good News Bible
Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."

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

New American Standard Bible
"I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."

New International Version
I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever."

New King James Version
I have surely built You an exalted house,
And a place for You to dwell in forever.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I have built You a lofty house, and a place for Your dwelling forever."

Revised Standard Version
I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in 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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