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


In Context

3 And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,

4 and he saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled it, saying:

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;

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

7 'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,

8 and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,

2 Chronicles 6:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:6But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:6but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:6but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.