2 Chronicles 20:8 BSB

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־	vai.ye.she.Vu-	and they have dwelt	H3427 →
בָ֑הּ	Vah	in it
וַיִּבְנ֨וּ	vai.yiv.Nu	and they have built	H1129 →
לְךָ֧׀	le.Kha	for <the> you
בָּ֛הּ	bah	in <the> it
מִקְדָּ֖שׁ	mik.Dash	a sanctuary	H4720 →
לְשִׁמְךָ֥	le.shim.Kha	for name your	H8034 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making…
leads to
- Exodus 30:7
  And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- Exodus 25:30
  And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- 2 Chronicles 2:1
  Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
- 1 Kings 8:18
  But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
- Leviticus 23:1–17
  Then the LORD said to Moses,
Through
2 Chronicles 6:10
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 29:15
  For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- 1 Kings 2:12
  So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
- Ecclesiastes 1:4
  Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Chronicles 2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.2 Chronicles 6:10Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.1 Kings 8:29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

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