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2 Chronicles 33:4

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

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ASV

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

KJV

Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבָנָ֥הu.va.Nahand he builtH1129 →
מִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotaltarsH4196 →
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe had saidH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֥םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389 →
יִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-it will beH1961 →
שְּׁמִ֖יshe.Miname myH8034 →
לְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.Lamfor everH5769 →

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2 Chronicles 7:16For 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.2 Chronicles 33:7Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people 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.Ezekiel 43:8When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.2 Chronicles 34:3–4In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.Jeremiah 7:30For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.2 Kings 21:4–5Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”2 Chronicles 33:15He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.2 Chronicles 32:19They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.Jeremiah 7:10and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

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