2 Chronicles 6:1-11

Common English Bible

Bless the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke directly to my father David and now has kept his promise: ⁵ “From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I haven’t selected a city from any Israelite tribe as a site for the building of a temple for my name. Neither have I chosen anyone as prince over my people Israel. ⁶ But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place for my name, and David as prince over my people Israel.”

⁷ My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord, Israel’s God. ⁸ But the Lord said to my father David: “It is very good that you thought to build a temple for my name. Nevertheless, ⁹ you yourself won’t build that temple. Instead, your very own son will build the temple for my name.” ¹⁰ The Lord has kept his promise—I have succeeded my father David on Israel’s throne, just as the Lord said, and I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, Israel’s God. ¹¹ There I’ve placed the chest that contains the covenant that the Lord made with the Israelites.