Quotes about God
Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
— 2 Chronicles 1:8
Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
— 2 Chronicles 1:9
The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
— 2 Chronicles 2:5
But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
— 2 Chronicles 2:6
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
— 2 Chronicles 3:3
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
— 2 Chronicles 5:14
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
— 2 Chronicles 6:2
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 6:7
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 6:10
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
— 2 Chronicles 6:14
But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
— 2 Chronicles 6:18
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
— 2 Chronicles 6:19