2 Chronicles 6:2

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

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

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זְבֻ֖ל

zᵉbûwl

H2073

“height”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 5× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 1 Kings 8:13

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2082

TWOT: 526a

exalted, residence, elevation, lofty abode, height, habitation

About this verse

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8: words
7: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is זְבֻ֖ל height H2073 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

זְבֻ֖ל height H2073 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns
1 pronoun
1 preposition

Verb forms

בָּנִ֥יתִי Qal · Perfect
לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ Qal · Infinitive Construct

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 21 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Chronicles 2:4–6 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
1 Kings 8:13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.
1 Chronicles 17:12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
1 Chronicles 22:10–11 he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:6 He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
1 Chronicles 28:20 David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.
Psalms 132:5 Until I find out a place for Yahweh, A dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."

Psalms 132:13–14 For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
Psalms 135:21 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
John 4:21–23 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
Hebrews 9:11–12 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
Revelation 21:3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 6:2 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַֽאֲנִ֛י בָּנִ֥יתִי בֵית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ וּמָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים

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

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 6:2 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἐγώ οἰκοδομέω οἶκος ὁ ὄνομα σύ ἅγιος σύ καί ἕτοιμος ὁ κατασκηνάω εἰς ὁ αἰών

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

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 6:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ch 6:2. I have built a house of habitation for thee — It is of great consequence in all our religious actions that we design well, and that our eye be single. If Solomon had built this temple in the pride of his heart, as Ahasuerus made his feast, only to show the riches of his kingdom, and the honour of his majesty, it would neither have glorified God nor have turned to his own advantage. But he here declares on what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not only justify, but magnify the undertaking: the reader will recollect that this whole prayer occurs 1 Kings 8., and that it has been explained at large in the notes there.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(2) But I have built.—And I, on my part, have built. Kings, “I have built” (bânôh bânîthî); scil., as “Thou didst indicate.” This seems original. So the Syr. here, mebnô b’nîth, but not LXX. and Vulg.

Habitation.—Zĕbûl, a poetic word, occurring only five times. (Comp. Hab_3:11.)

And a place.—And, added here, weakens the force of the poetic parallelism.

A place for thy dwelling.—(Exo_15:17) another poetic expression.

For ever.—(Through) ages. So only in this account and Psa_61:5.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Solomon"s words now address themselves to God. For ever. These words refer rather to the permanence and station-ariness of the temple as the dwelling-place of the ark. and the mercy-seat and cherubim, and all that symbolized and invited the Divine presence, than design any prophecy of length of time. They contrast with the wandering people, and wandering worship and sacrifices, and wandering tent and tabernacle with all their sacred contents (Psa_68:16 Psa_132:14; 1Ch_22:10 1Ch_28:6-8; 2Sa_7:5-16)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

a House to dwell in - Heb. בֵית זְבֻל a dwelling.

for You to dwell in forever For since it was selected, the Shechinah did not rest elsewhere, and the high places were prohibited.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 8 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is zᵉbûwl (“height”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “height” (zᵉbûwl) contribute to the verse as a whole?
1 Kings 8:13 shares the word «height» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «בָּנִ֥יתִי» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.