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2 Chronicles 7:12

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.

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ASV

And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

KJV

And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּרָ֧אvai.ye.Ra'and he appearedH7200 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
בַּלָּ֑יְלָהba.La.ye.lahin the nightH3915 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
ל֗וֹloto him
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙sha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָte.fi.la.Te.khaprayer yourH8605 →
וּבָחַ֜רְתִּיu.va.Char.tiand I have chosenH977 →
בַּמָּק֥וֹםba.ma.Kom<in> the placeH4725 →
הַזֶּ֛הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
לִ֖יlifor myself
לְבֵ֥יתle.Veitfor a house ofH1004 →
זָֽבַח׃Za.vachsacrificeH2077 →

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Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.2 Chronicles 1:7That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”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.1 Kings 9:2the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.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.John 4:20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”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 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.1 John 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.Acts 10:31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.Deuteronomy 12:5–6Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:Psalms 78:68–69But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.2 Kings 2:6And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.Psalms 66:19But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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