2 Chronicles 2:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

No one can ever build a temple large enough for God—even the heavens are too small a place for him to live in! All I can do is build a place where we can offer sacrifices to him.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:1

The Lord said: Heaven is my throne; the earth is my footstool. What kind of house could you build for me? In what place will I rest?

2 Chronicles 6:18

There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, Lord God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?

1 Kings 8:27

There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, Lord God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?

2 Chronicles 1:10

and make me wise. Give me the knowledge I'll need to be the king of this great nation of yours.

1 Chronicles 29:14

But why should we be happy that we have given you these gifts? They belong to you, and we have only given back what is already yours.

2 Samuel 7:18

David went into the tent he had set up for the sacred chest. Then he sat there and prayed: Lord All-Powerful, my family and I don't deserve what you have already done for us,

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said, “Who am I to go to the king and lead your people out of Egypt?”

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God's people. But God was kind and chose me to tell the Gentiles that because of Christ there are blessings that cannot be measured.

Deuteronomy 12:26

All sacrifices and offerings to the Lord must be taken to the place where he chooses to be worshiped. If you offer a sacrifice to please the Lord, all of its meat must be burned on the altar. You can eat the meat from certain kinds of sacrifices, but you must always pour out the animal's blood on the altar.

Jeremiah 23:24

in heaven and on earth. There are no secret places where you can hide from me.

1 Kings 7:13

Hiram was a skilled bronze worker from the city of Tyre. His father was now dead, but he also had been a bronze worker from Tyre, and his mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. King Solomon asked Hiram to come to Jerusalem and make the bronze furnishings to use for worship in the Lord's temple, and he agreed to do it.

1 Chronicles 22:15

I have also assigned men who will cut and lay the stone. And there are carpenters and people who are experts in working with