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2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh 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.

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ASV

And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

KJV

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

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וַיָּ֕שֶׂםvai.Ya.semand he putH7760 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
פֶּ֥סֶלPe.sel[the] idol ofH6459 →
הַסֶּ֖מֶלha.Se.mel<the> sculptureH5566 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשָׂ֑ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213 →
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָמַ֤ר'a.Marhe had saidH559 →
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
בְנ֔וֹve.Noson hisH1121 →
בַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitin the houseH1004 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.Limand in JerusalemH3389 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ba.Char.tiI have chosenH977 →
מִכֹּל֙mi.Kolfrom allH3605 →
שִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimI will putH7760 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁמִ֖יshe.Miname myH8034 →
לְעֵילֽוֹם׃le.'ei.Lomfor everH5865 →

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Exodus 20:4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.2 Chronicles 33:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”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 Kings 21:7Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD 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.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.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.1 Kings 11:32But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes 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.Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:1 Kings 8:44When 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,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.1 Kings 8:48and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,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.’Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.2 Kings 23:6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.1 Kings 11:13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”2 Kings 21:7–8Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD 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.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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