2 Chronicles 2:6

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Summary

But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

But who

Who am i then

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Deuteronomy 12:5

General references

Jeremiah 17:12

Bible References

But who

“But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

Thus says the Lord,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Who am i then

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?”

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”

Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.

to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

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But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.

General references

A glorious throne on high from the beginning

Is the place of our sanctuary.