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2 Chronicles 6:5 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 6 · verse 5
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:2 Chronicles 6:5 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 6:5 in context
3And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
4And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- tribesshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- chosebâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
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It is of great consequence, in all our religious actions, that we design well, and that our eye be single. If Solomon had built this temple in the pride of his heart, as Ahasuerus made his feast, only to show the riches of his kingdom and the honour of his majesty, it would not have turned at all to his account.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11