2 Chronicles 2:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ SOLOMON DETERMINED to build a temple for the Name of the Lord and a royal capitol.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

Common English Bible

¹ Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the LORD’s name and to build a royal palace for himself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And Solomon resolved to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.

2 Chronicles 2:1 Cross References

1 Kings 5:15

Solomon also had seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,

1 Kings 5:5

So I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’

1 Kings 7:1

Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.

1 Kings 8:18

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;

1 Kings 8:20

Now the Lord has fulfilled the promise that he made, for I have risen in the place of my father David; I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 9:1

When Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king’s house and all that Solomon desired to build,

1 Chronicles 22:10

He shall build a house for my name. He shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’

2 Chronicles 1:17

They imported from Egypt (and then exported) a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, so through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

2 Chronicles 2:12

Huram also said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son endowed with discretion and understanding who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then you shall bring everything that I command you to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, and all your choice votive gifts that you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,

Deuteronomy 28:58

“If you do not diligently observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, fearing this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,