2 Chronicles 6:5-6
Context6:5 He told David, 1 ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. 2 Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel. 6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, 3 and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
2 Chronicles 6:20
Context6:20 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. 4 May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. 5
1 tn Heb “saying.”
2 tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.” Here “name” is used by metonymy for the
3 tn Heb for my name to be there.” See also the note on the word “live” in v. 5.
4 tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”
5 tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”