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The house that I am building will be great, because our God is greater than all the gods. But who is able to build a house for him? The heavens, even the highest heaven,[a] cannot contain him. Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to send incense and sacrifices up in smoke before him?

Now send me a man who is skillful at working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as with purple, crimson, and blue material, and who is trained in engraving. He will work with the skilled craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 2:6 That is, the dwelling of God, which lies beyond the heavens where the birds fly and where the stars run their courses