2 Chronicles 2:6

2:6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky ¹  and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. ² 

2 Chronicles 13:11

13:11 They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly ³  we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.

2 Chronicles 29:21

29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. ⁴  The king ⁵  told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord.

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¹ tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

² tn Heb “Who retains strength to build for him a house, for the heavens and the heavens of heavens do not contain him? And who am I that I should build for him a house, except to sacrifice before him?”

³ tn Or “for.”

⁴ sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.