17 Now then, Lord, God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

18 “But (A)will God really dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, (B)heaven and the [a]highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! 19 Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, Lord, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:18 Lit heaven of heavens

17 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

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