2 Chronicles 6:6

In 11 translations

BSB

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

But I haue chosen Ierusalem, that my Name might be there, and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

JPS

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

LXXE

But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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WLC

וָאֶבְחַר֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִהְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑ם וָאֶבְחַ֣ר בְּדָוִ֔יד לִהְי֖וֹת עַל־עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐξελεξάμην τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ γενέσθαι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐξελεξάμην ἐν Δαυὶδ τοῦ εἶναι ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν μου Ἰσραήλ.

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• Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
• 1 Chronicles 28:4Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons…
• 2 Chronicles 12:13Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to…
• Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
• Psalms 78:68–70But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
• 1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from…
• Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
• Psalms 89:19–20You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

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