2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 Chronicles 2:1 a temple for the name of the LORD. See Deuteronomy 12:5. God’s “name” in association with a place signifies that he chooses to be present there among his people. Yet God is not just present in the temple. He is present everywhere (2 Chronicles 2:6). royal palace. Linked here with the temple, perhaps to indicate the close connection between the two “houses” of the Davidic covenant (see 1 Chronicles 17:14).

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