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);
14 and he said: “Lord God of Israel, athere is no God in heaven or on earth like You, who keep Your bcovenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
15 aYou have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
16 Therefore, Lord God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, a‘You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, bonly if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
17 And now, O Lord God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David.
18 “But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? aBehold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this1 temple which I have built!
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for 2 Chronicles 6:10.
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