2 Chronicles 2:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ I am building a house for the Name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for the continual arrangement of bread, for burnt offerings in the morning and evening, for the sabbaths, the new moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is to be a permanent regulation for Israel.

⁵ The house that I am building will be great, because our God is greater than all the gods. ⁶ But who is able to build a house for him? The heavens, even the highest heaven,^[a] cannot contain him. Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to send incense and sacrifices up in smoke before him?