2 Chronicles 6:2
Good News Translation
Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."

New Revised Standard Version
I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever.”

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

New American Bible
I have built you a princely house, the base for your enthronement forever.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

I have built

2 Chronicles 2:4-6 So do with me that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and the solemnities of the Lord our God for ever, which are commanded for Israel. . . .

2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

1 Kings 8:13 Building, I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.

1 Chronicles 17:12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

1 Chronicles 22:10,11 He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him: and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. . . .

1 Chronicles 28:6,20 And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him. . . .

Psalm 132:5 Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Psalm 132:13,14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. . . .

John 4:21-23 Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father. . . .

Hebrews 9:11,12 But Christ, being come an high Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hand, that is, not of this creation: . . .

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.

Context
Solomon Praises the LORD
1Then Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud. 2But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.3And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said:…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 1:4
For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim to the place, which he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud.

2 Chronicles 6:3
And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said:

Ezra 7:15
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 6:1
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