2 Chronicles 6:16-18

Good News Translation

^16 (A)Now, Lord God of Israel, keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him that there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided that they carefully obeyed your Law just as he did. ¹⁷ So now, Lord God of Israel, let everything come true that you promised to your servant David.

^18 (B)“But can you, O God, really live on earth among men and women? Not even all of heaven is large enough to hold you, so how can this Temple that I have built be large enough?