Chapter 6
1Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said to dwell in the cloud."
2I have built a house of elevation for you, and a foundation for your dwelling forever.
3The king turned his face and blessed the entire assembly of Israel while all the assembly of Israel stood.
4He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father and fulfilled with his hands, saying,
5From the day that I brought my people out from the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name to be there, nor have I chosen a man to be leader over my people Israel,
6but I have chosen Jerusalem for my name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel."
7It was with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
8The LORD said to David my father, "Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you have done well that it was with your heart.
9Only you shall not build the house, but your son who comes out from your loins, he shall build the house for my name."
10The LORD has raised up his word that he spoke, and I have arisen in place of David my father and have sat upon the throne of Israel, as the LORD spoke, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
11There I have set the ark in which is the covenant of the LORD that he cut with the sons of Israel.
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2 Chronicles
The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer
2 Chronicles 5:2-6:11
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