2 Chronicles 7:21

21 And this house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?[fn]

Footnotes

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The text of 1 Kings 9:8 ('in ruins') is considered to be the original wording during this event. However, the original text written in 2 Chronicles, which is so high, is done either for stressing (see HOTTP and CTAT) or as a euphemism.