Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
But now I have chosen Jerusalem, so that My name might be there, and now I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Holman Bible
so that My name will be there,
and I have chosen David
to be over My people Israel.”
International Standard Version
But I have chosen Jerusalem, where my name will reside. And I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
A Conservative Version
But I have chosen Jerusalem that my name might be there. And have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
American Standard Version
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Amplified
but I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Bible in Basic English
But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
Darby Translation
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will choose in Jerusalem for my name to be there; and I will choose in David to be over my people Israel.
King James 2000
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I have chosen my name to be there in Jerusalem, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But now I have chosen Jerusalem to have my name there, and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
NET Bible
But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.'
New Heart English Bible
but I chose Jerusalem, that my name may be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
The Emphasized Bible
nevertheless I have made choice of Jerusalem, that my Name might be there, - and I have made choice of David, that he might be over my people Israel.
Webster
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
World English Bible
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
Youngs Literal Translation
and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
Themes
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
Jerusalem » The capital of david's kingdom by divine appointment
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 6:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Blesses The People
5 From the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt I have not chosen any city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, so that My name might be there. Nor have I chosen any man to be a ruler over My people Israel. 6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem, so that My name might be there, and now I have chosen David to be over My people Israel. 7 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 28:4
But Jehovah, the God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be the ruler, and of the house of Judah the house of my father. And in my father's house He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
2 Chronicles 12:13
And King Rehoboam strengthened himself at Jerusalem, and reigned. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
1 Samuel 16:1
And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have seen a king for Me among his sons.
Psalm 48:1
A Song and Psalm for the Sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.
Psalm 78:68-70
but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
Psalm 89:19-20
Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, and You said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have lifted up a chosen one out of the people.
Psalm 132:13
Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling-place.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah has founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.