2 Chronicles 2:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

No one can really build a house to put our God in. The whole sky and the highest heaven cannot contain our God, so I cannot build a temple to put him in. I can only build a place to burn incense to honor him.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is where I rest my feet. So do you think you can build a house for me? Do I need a place to rest?

2 Chronicles 6:18

“But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? The whole sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this house that I built cannot contain you either.

1 Kings 8:27

“But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? The whole sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this Temple that I built cannot contain you either.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now give me wisdom and knowledge so that I can lead these people in the right way. No one could rule this great nation without your help.”

1 Chronicles 29:14

All these things didn’t come from me and my people. All these things come from you. We are only giving back to you things that came from you.

2 Samuel 7:18

Then King David went in and sat in front of the Lord. David said, “Lord GOD, why am I so important to you? Why is my family important? Why have you made me so important?

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, “I am not a great man! How can I be the one to go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God’s people. But he gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. These riches are too great to understand fully.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To those who are being lost, this perfume smells like death, and it brings them death. But to those who are being saved, it has the sweet smell of life, and it brings them life. So who is good enough to do this work?

Deuteronomy 12:26

“If you decide to give something special to God, you must go to the special place that the Lord your God will choose. And if you make a special promise, you must go to that place to give that gift to God.

Deuteronomy 12:14

The Lord will choose his special place among your tribes. Offer your burnt offerings and do everything else I told you only in that place.

Deuteronomy 12:11

Then the Lord your God will choose a place that will be the home for his name. You must bring everything I command you to that place. Bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one-tenth of your crops and animals, your special gifts, and any gifts that you promised to give to the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:24

Someone might try to hide from me in some hiding place. But it is easy for me to see that person, says the Lord, because I am everywhere in heaven and earth.” This message is from the Lord:

Exodus 31:5

He can cut and set beautiful jewels. And he can work with wood. He can do all kinds of work.

1 Kings 7:13

King Solomon sent for a man named Huram who lived in Tyre and brought him to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 7:14

Huram’s mother was an Israelite from the tribe of Naphtali. His dead father was from Tyre. Huram made things from bronze. He was a very skilled and experienced builder. So King Solomon asked him to come, and Huram accepted. King Solomon put him in charge of all the bronze work, and Huram did all the work he was given to do.

1 Chronicles 22:15

You have many stonecutters and carpenters. You have men skilled in every kind of work.