2Ch 6:5-6 | TSK | e4.org | Since the day ; my name , ; , ; neither chose The judges and Saul were chosen by God, for a season, to be rulers of Israel; but not to establish a permanent and hereditary authority over that people, as was the case with David. This clause is wanting in the parallel passage of Kings; but it helps to clear the sense. , , ;

‏ 2 Chronicles 6:5-6

my name Exod 20:24, Exod 23:21; Deut 12:5, Deut 12:11; Dan 9:19

neither chose The judges and Saul were chosen by God, for a season, to be rulers of Israel; but not to establish a permanent and hereditary authority over that people, as was the case with David. This clause is wanting in the parallel passage of Kings; but it helps to clear the sense. 1Sam 10:24, 1Sam 13:13-14, 1Sam 15:23; 2Sam 7:15-16

But I have chosen Jerusalem This clause is also not found in Kings. Jerusalem was expressly marked out, by the building of the temple, to be the centre of the worship of Israel; as Jehovah had before spoken by Moses. See the parallel passages. 2Chr 12:13; Ps 48:1, Ps 78:68-70, Ps 132:13; Isa 14:32

chosen David 1Sam 16:1; 1Chr 28:4; Ps 89:19-20