2 Chronicles 6:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
16 Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant, my father David, that which you promised him, saying, “There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children keep to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.” 17 Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant David.
18 ‘But will God indeed reside with mortals on earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!
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