2 Chronicles 6:6
New International Version
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

New Living Translation
But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.’”

English Standard Version
but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

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

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

New King James Version
Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

New American Standard Bible
but I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

NASB 1995
but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

NASB 1977
but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Legacy Standard Bible
but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Amplified Bible
but I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Christian Standard Bible
But I have chosen Jerusalem so that my name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name will be there, and I 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I chose David that he would be King over my people Israel.’

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But now I've chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name; I've chosen David to rule my people Israel.'

Good News Translation
But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.'"

International Standard Version
But I have chosen Jerusalem, where my name will reside. And I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

JPS Tanakh 1917
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there; and have chosen David to be over My people Israel.

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

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

New American Bible
but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to rule 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 Revised Standard Version
but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over 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.'

Webster's Bible Translation
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 now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

Young's Literal Translation
and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Solomon Praises the LORD
5‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel. 6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 7Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.…

Cross References
Exodus 20:24
You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

1 Chronicles 28:4
Yet 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 He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:5
Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 12:13
Thus 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 put His Name. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

Zechariah 2:12
And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.


Treasury of Scripture

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

2 Chronicles 12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

Psalm 48:1
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, 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…

chosen David

1 Samuel 16:1
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

1 Chronicles 28:4
Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

Psalm 89:19,20
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people…

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(6) But (and) I have chosen Jerusalem.--Some MSS. omit this verse.

Verse 6. - (See again references of preceding verse, and 2 Samuel 7:8; Psalm 78:70.) Vers. 7-9. - (So 2 Samuel 7:2, 10-16; 1 Chronicles 22:9, 10; 1 Chronicles 28:2-7.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But I have chosen
וָאֶבְחַר֙ (wā·’eḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

Jerusalem
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

so that My Name
שְׁמִ֖י (šə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

will be
לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there,
שָׁ֑ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

and I have chosen
וָאֶבְחַ֣ר (wā·’eḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

David
בְּדָוִ֔יד (bə·ḏā·wîḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

to be
לִהְי֖וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

My people
עַמִּ֥י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

Israel.’
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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