Verse 5

2 Chronicles 6:5

Young's Literal Translation

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5 'From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;

Original Language Text

hebrew

מִן הַ/יּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֣אתִי אֶת עַמִּ/י֮ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ לֹא בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי בְ/עִ֗יר מִ/כֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִ/בְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת לִ/הְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖/י שָׁ֑ם וְ/לֹא בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי בְ/אִ֔ישׁ לִ/הְי֥וֹת נָגִ֖יד עַל עַמִּ֥/י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

English Translation

From the day that I brought out my people from the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house that my name might be there, nor have I chosen a man to be a leader over my people Israel.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness, Focus ↗

2 and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages... Focus ↗

3 And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assemb... Focus ↗

4 and he saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with Dav... Focus ↗

5 'From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of...

6 and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel. Focus ↗

7 'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God (Elohim) o... Focus ↗

8 and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house fo... Focus ↗

9 but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build th... Focus ↗

10 'And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, a... Focus ↗

11 and I place there the ark, where [is] the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.' Focus ↗

12 And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth... Focus ↗

13 for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its... Focus ↗

14 and saith, 'O Jehovah God (Elohim) of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the... Focus ↗

15 who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost spe... Focus ↗

16 'And now, O Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou di... Focus ↗

17 'And now, O Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy serva... Focus ↗

18 (for is it true? -- God (Elohim) dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of... Focus ↗

19 'And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God (E... Focus ↗

20 for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast s... Focus ↗

21 'And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they... Focus ↗

22 'If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear... Focus ↗

23 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to t... Focus ↗

24 'And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have t... Focus ↗

25 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused the... Focus ↗

26 'In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have... Focus ↗

27 then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Isr... Focus ↗

28 'Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpill... Focus ↗

29 any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each... Focus ↗

30 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast... Focus ↗

31 so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the gr... Focus ↗

32 'And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off... Focus ↗

33 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done accordin... Focus ↗

34 'When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and... Focus ↗

35 then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their... Focus ↗

36 'When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry wi... Focus ↗

37 and they have turned [it] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, an... Focus ↗

38 yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of t... Focus ↗

39 then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and thei... Focus ↗

40 'Now, my God (Elohim), let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the pra... Focus ↗

41 and now, rise, O Jehovah God (Elohim), to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests,... Focus ↗

42 O Jehovah God (Elohim), turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of Dav... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 6 (42 verses)
Version: Young's Literal Translation

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