2 Chronicles 6:2
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But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

2 Chronicles 1:4
For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim to the place, which he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud.

2 Chronicles 6:3
And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said:

Ezra 7:15
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.

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But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

I have built

2 Chronicles 2:4-6 So do with me that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and the solemnities of the Lord our God for ever, which are commanded for Israel. . . .

2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

1 Kings 8:13 Building, I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.

1 Chronicles 17:12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

1 Chronicles 22:10,11 He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him: and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. . . .

1 Chronicles 28:6,20 And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him. . . .

Psalm 132:5 Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Psalm 132:13,14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. . . .

John 4:21-23 Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father. . . .

Hebrews 9:11,12 But Christ, being come an high Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hand, that is, not of this creation: . . .

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.

Context
Solomon Praises the LORD
1Then Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud. 2But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.3And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said:…
Lexicon
and I
וַֽאֲנִ֛י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

have built
בָּנִ֥יתִי (bā·nî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

You
לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

an exalted
זְבֻ֖ל (zə·ḇul)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2073: Elevation, height, lofty abode

house,
בֵית־ (ḇêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

a place
וּמָכ֥וֹן (ū·mā·ḵō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4349: A fixture, a basis, a place, as an abode

for You to dwell
לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ (lə·šiḇ·tə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

forever.”
עוֹלָמִֽים׃ (‘ō·w·lā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


Additional Translations
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”But I have built an house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling for ever.

But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

But I have built a house to thy name, holy to thee, and prepared for thee to dwell in for ever.

But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

But I have built thee an house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'
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