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2 Chronicles 6

2 Chron. 6:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But I have built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
an house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of habitation
zbuwl (Hebrew #2073)
from 2082; a residence
KJV usage: dwell in, dwelling, habitation.
Pronounce: ze-bool'
Origin: or zbul {zeb-ool'}
for thee, and a place
makown (Hebrew #4349)
properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode
KJV usage: foundation, habitation, (dwelling-, settled) place.
Pronounce: maw-kone'
Origin: from 3559
for thy dwelling
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Cross References

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I have built.
2 Chron. 2:4‑6• 4Behold, I build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement of the shewbread, and for the morning and evening burnt-offerings and on the sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
 5And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
 6But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him? (2 Chron. 2:4‑6)
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2 Sam. 7:13• 13It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. (2 Sam. 7:13)
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1 Kings 8:13• 13I have indeed built a house of habitation for thee, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. (1 Kings 8:13)
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1 Chron. 17:12• 12It is he who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. (1 Chron. 17:12)
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1 Chron. 22:10‑11• 10He shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
 11Now, my son, Jehovah be with thee, that thou mayest prosper, and build the house of Jehovah thy God, as he has said of thee. (1 Chron. 22:10‑11)
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1 Chron. 28:6,20• 6And he said to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
 20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it; fear not nor be dismayed: for Jehovah Elohim, my God, will be with thee; he will not leave thee, neither forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah is finished. (1 Chron. 28:6,20)
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Psa. 132:5• 5Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. … (Psa. 132:5)
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Psa. 132:13‑14• 13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:
 14This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)
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John 4:21‑23• 21Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.
 22Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.
 23But the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeks such as his worshippers. (John 4:21‑23)
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Heb. 9:11‑12• 11But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand,
 12nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the holy of holies, having found an eternal redemption. (Heb. 9:11‑12)
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Rev. 21:3• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. (Rev. 21:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled placea for thee to abide in for ever.

JND Translation Notes

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As vers. 30,33,39; Ex. 15.17; 1 Kings 8.13.