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2 Chronicles 6:2
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
2 Chronicles 6:2 · Bible in Basic English
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2 Chronicles 6:2 in other translations
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
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In context
1 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,
2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
3 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,
5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;
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