Parallel Verses
World English Bible
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
New American Standard Bible
but
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 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.
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.
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
Bachar
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 6:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Blesses The People
5 '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: 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 a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 28:4
However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
2 Chronicles 12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in 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 Yahweh 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
Yahweh said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons."
Psalm 48:1
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Psalm 78:68-70
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
Psalm 89:19-20
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
Psalm 132:13
For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
Isaiah 14:32
What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.