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Nor have I chosen a king to lead my people Israel. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> ‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/6.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that My name might be there, nor did I choose a man to be the leader over My people Israel; <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel; <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel; <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a ruler over My people Israel; <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city among all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name (Presence) might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a leader over My people Israel; <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Since the day I brought my people Israel out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that my name would be there, and I have not chosen a man to be ruler over my people Israel. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220Since the day I brought My people Israel out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that My name would be there, and I have not chosen a man to be ruler over My people Israel. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel: <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel: <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 'Ever since I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I didn't choose any city from the tribes of Israel as a place to build a temple for my name. And I didn't choose any man to be prince over my people Israel. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> 'From the time I brought my people out of Egypt until now, I did not choose any city in the land of Israel as the place to build a temple where I would be worshiped, and I did not choose anyone to lead my people Israel. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> From the day I brought out my people from the land of Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. And I never chose any man to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/6.htm">NET Bible</a> He told David, '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. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 'Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; nor did I choose any man to be a leader over my people Israel: <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Since the day that I brought forth my people from the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: <a href="/web/2_chronicles/6.htm">World English Bible</a> ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> '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; <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> From the day, that I brought forth my people from the land of Egypt I chose not in a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name to be there; and I chose not in man to be leader over my people Israel.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> From the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built in it to my name: neither chose I any other man, to be the ruler of my people Israel. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> ‘From the day when I led my people away from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built in it to my name. And I did not choose any other man, so that he would be the ruler of my people Israel. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city out of any tribe of Israel for the building of a house, that my name might be there; nor have I chosen any man to be ruler of my people Israel; <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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 a house in, that my name might be there; <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> ‘From the day when I brought out my people Israel to build a house that my name would be there<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over My people Israel; <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> From the day when I brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over my people Israel. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=1028" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Solomon Praises the LORD</a> …4and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying, 5<a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">‘Since</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hō·w·ṣê·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">I brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">out of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: ḇā·ḥar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">chosen</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ḇə·‘îr (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">a city</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from any</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šiḇ·ṭê (N-mpc) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">tribe</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: liḇ·nō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">in which to build</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ba·yiṯ (N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">a house</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">so that My Name</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">would be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: ḇā·ḥar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">have I chosen</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ḇə·’îš (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">to be</a> <a href="/hebrew/5057.htm" title="5057: nā·ḡîḏ (N-ms) -- A leader, ruler, prince. Or nagid; from nagad; a commander, civil, military or religious; generally, honorable themes.">ruler</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel.</a> 6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">1 Kings 8:16</a> ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a> Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. <a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm">2 Samuel 7:6-7</a> For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling. / In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’ <a href="/acts/7-46.htm">Acts 7:46-47</a> who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. / But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. <a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a> May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. <a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a> And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. <a href="/2_samuel/7-10.htm">2 Samuel 7:10-13</a> And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning / and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you. / And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. ... <a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Isaiah 66:1</a> This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be? <a href="/acts/7-49.htm">Acts 7:49-50</a> ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things?’ <a href="/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4-6</a> “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell. / For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling. / In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’ <a href="/1_chronicles/28-2.htm">1 Chronicles 28:2-3</a> Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it, / but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’ <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12-13</a> “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. / And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.” <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Jeremiah 7:12-14</a> But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. / And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer, / therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers. <a href="/matthew/5-35.htm">Matthew 5:35</a> or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. <a href="/1_kings/8-20.htm">1 Kings 8:20</a> Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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:Since the day<a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm">2 Samuel 7:6,7</a> Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle… <a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">1 Kings 8:16</a> Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.my name<a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.<a href="/exodus/23-21.htm">Exodus 23:21</a> Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.<a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5,11</a> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: … <a href="/1_samuel/10-24.htm">1 Samuel 10:24</a> And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.<a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">1 Samuel 13:13,14</a> And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever… <a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">1 Samuel 15:23</a> For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">Build</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-11.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-4.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-10.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-2.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-12.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-2.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/6-7.htm">Build</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-3.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-34.htm">City</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-22.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-18.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-16.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 6</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/6-1.htm">Solomon, having blessed the people, blessed God</a> 12. <a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the bronze platform.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt This phrase refers to the Exodus, a foundational event in Israel's history when God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. It signifies God's ongoing relationship and covenant with His people. The Exodus is a type of salvation, prefiguring Christ's deliverance of humanity from sin. The event is recounted in the book of Exodus and is central to Jewish identity and faith, celebrated annually during Passover.I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel This indicates that until this point, God had not designated a specific location for His temple. The tabernacle, a portable sanctuary, was used during the wilderness wanderings and the period of the judges. This reflects God's sovereignty and His timing in establishing a permanent place of worship. The eventual choice of Jerusalem as the site for the temple is significant, as it becomes the spiritual and political center of Israel.in which to build a house so that My Name would be there The "house" refers to the temple, a central place of worship where God's presence would dwell among His people. The concept of God's "Name" being there signifies His presence, authority, and blessing. The temple serves as a foreshadowing of Christ, who is the ultimate dwelling place of God among men (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>). It also points to the New Testament understanding of believers as the temple of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a>).nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel This highlights that God had not yet appointed a permanent king over Israel until David. The period of the judges was marked by a decentralized leadership structure, with God Himself as the ultimate ruler. The eventual choice of David as king is significant, as it establishes the Davidic line, from which Jesus, the Messiah, would come. This phrase underscores God's sovereign choice and His unfolding plan for leadership in Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The speaker in this verse, expressing His sovereign choices regarding Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The chosen people of God, whom He brought out of Egypt. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land from which God delivered the Israelites, symbolizing bondage and oppression. 4. <a href="/topical/c/city_and_tribe_of_israel.htm">City and Tribe of Israel</a> Refers to the various tribes and cities among which God had not yet chosen a specific place for His temple. 5. <a href="/topical/h/house_for_my_name.htm">House for My Name</a> Refers to the temple, a central place of worship that God would eventually choose to be built in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_choice.htm">God's Sovereignty in Choice</a> God’s decisions are purposeful and sovereign. He chooses the time, place, and people according to His divine plan. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> The Israelites were to wait for God’s direction regarding the temple. This teaches us the importance of waiting on God’s timing and guidance in our lives. <a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_among_his_people.htm">God's Presence Among His People</a> The temple was a symbol of God’s presence. Today, believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit, emphasizing the personal and communal presence of God in our lives. <a href="/topical/h/historical_continuity_and_fulfillment.htm">Historical Continuity and Fulfillment</a> The verse connects the historical journey of Israel from Egypt to the establishment of the temple, showing God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 6</a> <a href="/q/which_books_are_in_the_old_testament.htm">Which books are in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/why_insist_on_one_worship_site_in_deut._12_5.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:5, why does the text insist on a single worship location when Israel’s central sanctuary seems to have varied or been established later in Jerusalem? </a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_solomon's_temple's_scale.htm">2 Chronicles 6:4-11: The text attributes the Temple's construction to a clear divine plan; where is the archaeological or historical evidence confirming Solomon's Temple at this scale?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_kings_5_5_dates.htm">How can one reconcile the temple-building timeline in 1 Kings 5:5 with different dates given in other biblical passages?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) My people out of the land of Egypt.--Kings, "My people Israel out of Egypt." (Comp <a href="/2_chronicles/5-10.htm" title="There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.">2Chronicles 5:10</a>.) The Syr. and Arab. have Israel here also.Neither chose I any man to be a ruler (n?gid) over my people Israel.--Neither this sentence nor the following is found in the parallel passage, where the second half of <a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm" title="But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.">2Chronicles 6:6</a> forms the last clause of the preceding verse (<a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm" title="Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.">1Kings 8:16</a>). The Syriac and Arabic here follow Kings as often. There is nothing in the language against the supposition that the words originally formed part of the older text.Neither chose I any man.--Saul was originally the people's, not God's, choice. Holy Scripture nowhere teaches that the vox populi is identical with the vox Dei. (See <a href="/1_samuel/8-5.htm" title="And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.">1Samuel 8:5</a>, and Bishop Wordsworth's Note.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - I chose no city,... neither chose I any man. The tabernacle and all it contained had but travelled from place to place, and rested at temporary halting-places; and from Moses' time all the leaders of the people Israel had been men in whom vested no permanent and no intrinsic authority (<a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-15</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/24-18.htm">2 Samuel 24:18-25</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>‘Since מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the day הַיּ֗וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day I brought My people עַמִּי֮ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock out מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Egypt, מִצְרַיִם֒ (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa I have not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no chosen בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי (ḇā·ḥar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> To try, select a city בְעִ֗יר (ḇə·‘îr) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement from any מִכֹּל֙ (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every tribe שִׁבְטֵ֣י (šiḇ·ṭê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc [in which] to build לִבְנ֣וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build a house בַּ֔יִת (ba·yiṯ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house so that My Name שְׁמִ֖י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name would be לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be there, שָׁ֑ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither nor וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no have I chosen בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי (ḇā·ḥar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> To try, select anyone בְאִ֔ישׁ (ḇə·’îš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person to be לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be ruler נָגִ֖יד (nā·ḡîḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5057.htm">Strong's 5057: </a> A commander, civil, military, religious, honorable themes over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against My people עַמִּ֥י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 6:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 6:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 6:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 6:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>