2 Chronicles 2:6

2:6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky ¹  and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. ² 

2 Chronicles 32:12

32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated ³  the Lord’s ⁴  high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

¹ tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

² tn Heb “Who retains strength to build for him a house, for the heavens and the heavens of heavens do not contain him? And who am I that I should build for him a house, except to sacrifice before him?”

³ tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.

⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.