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2 Chronicles 6:6 King James Version (KJV)

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6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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6 But I have chosen H977 Jerusalem, H3389 that my name H8034 might be there; and have chosen H977 David H1732 to be over my people H5971 Israel. H3478

2 Chronicles 6:6 American Standard (ASV)

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6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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6 and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

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6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6 World English Bible (WEB)

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6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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6 But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

Cross Reference

1 Chronicles 28:4 KJV

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Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

2 Chronicles 12:13 KJV

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So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

Psalms 78:68-70 KJV

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But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

1 Samuel 16:1 KJV

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And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Psalms 48:1 KJV

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Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Psalms 89:19-20 KJV

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Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psalms 132:13 KJV

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For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Isaiah 14:32 KJV

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What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 6 John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 5 & 6

The words with which chapter five begins are the same with 1 Kings 7:51 and what is contained in that and chapter six is much the same with 1 Kings 8:1 on which see the notes; the blessing of Solomon on the people of Israel, which is there, is here omitted, and two verses are here added, much the same with Psalm 132:8.

Verses 1-42

See Introduction to Chapter 5