2 Chronicles 7:16 “For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may…”

2 Chronicles 7:16

For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

World English Bible

For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.

American Standard Version

For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I haue nowe chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes and mine heart shalbe there perpetually.

Darby Translation

for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Young's Literal Translation

and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.

Bible in Basic English

For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

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Cross references

“have I chosen”

Psalm 132:14 Zechariah 3:2 Deuteronomy 12:21 Deuteronomy 16:11 1 Kings 8:16 1 Kings 8:44

Psalm 132:14 · BSB

“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

Zechariah 3:2 · BSB

And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

Deuteronomy 12:21 · BSB

If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever y…

Deuteronomy 16:11 · BSB

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the fore…

1 Kings 8:16 · BSB

‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:44 · BSB

When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

“my name”

1 Kings 9:3 2 Chronicles 6:20 2 Chronicles 33:4–7 1 Kings 8:35 2 Kings 21:4 2 Chronicles 6:5

1 Kings 9:3 · BSB

And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

2 Chronicles 6:20 · BSB

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

2 Chronicles 33:4–7 · BSB

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

1 Kings 8:35 · BSB

When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

2 Kings 21:4 · BSB

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”

2 Chronicles 6:5 · BSB

‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people…

“eyes”

2 Chronicles 7:15 John 2:19–21 Colossians 2:9 Matthew 3:17

2 Chronicles 7:15 · BSB

Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

John 2:19–21 · BSB

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Colossians 2:9 · BSB

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

Matthew 3:17 · BSB

And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

Also

2 Chronicles 7:12

2 Chronicles 7:12 · BSB

the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

17And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

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