2 Chronicles 6:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, which I have built?

¹⁹ But to this end only it is made, that thou mayest regard the prayer of thy servant and his supplication, O Lord my God: and mayest hear the prayers which thy servant poureth out before thee.

²⁰ That thou mayest open thy eyes upon this house day and night, upon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be called upon,