World English Bible
"but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'"
— 2 Chronicles 6:6, World English Bible
“But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.”
“but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. ”
“But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’”
“But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.”
“But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.”
“But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.”
The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
'Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'