KJV King James Version
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
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2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
WEB World English Bible
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
ASV American Standard Version
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 6
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
4 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled [that] which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וָאֶבְחַר֙H977 · ba.charto chooseבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemלִהְי֥וֹתH1961 · ha.yahto beשְׁמִ֖יH8034 · shemnameשָׁ֑םH8033 · shamthereוָאֶבְחַ֣רH977 · ba.charto chooseבְּדָוִ֔ידH1732 · da.vidDavidלִהְי֖וֹתH1961 · ha.yahto beעַל־H5921 · aluponעַמִּ֥יH5971 · ampeopleיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Psalm 132:13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.1 Chronicles 28:4Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:2 Chronicles 12:13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.Psalm 48:1A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.Psalm 78:68-70But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.Isaiah 14:32What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.1 Samuel 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.Psalm 89:19-20Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.
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