2 Chronicles 2:6

Modern English Version

But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I that I build a house for Him, except to make offerings before Him?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:18

Then King David went in and sat before the Lord. He said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?

1 Kings 7:13

Now King Solomon sent and called Huram out of Tyre.

1 Kings 7:14

He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre who worked in bronze, and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill to make all sorts of items in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.

1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less can this house that I have built?

1 Chronicles 22:15

Moreover you have an abundance of workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in all kinds of work,

1 Chronicles 29:14

“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer so freely as this? For everything comes from You, even from Your own hand we have given to You.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now give wisdom and knowledge to me so that I might know how to go before this people, for who can judge this great people of Yours?”

2 Chronicles 6:18

“For will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the highest heavens are not able to contain You, much less this house that I have built.

Exodus 3:11

Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring forth the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Exodus 31:5

and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of craftsmanship.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the house that you could build for Me? And where is the place of My rest?

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I do not see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the fragrance of death, which brings death, and to the other the fragrance of life, which brings life. Who is sufficient for these things?

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Deuteronomy 12:11

then there will be a place which the Lord your God will choose to cause His name to dwell. There you must bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:14

Rather, in the place which the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, there you must offer your burnt offerings, and there you must do all that I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:26

You shall take only your holy things which you have, along with your vows, and go to the place which the Lord shall choose.