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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
בָּחַ֤רְתִּיba.Char.tiI have chosenH977 →
וְהִקְדַּ֙שְׁתִּי֙ve.hik.Dash.tiand I have consecratedH6942 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַבַּ֣יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
לִהְיוֹת־lih.yot-to beH1961 →
שְׁמִ֥יshe.Miname myH8034 →
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָ֑םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
וְהָי֨וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961 →
עֵינַ֧י'ei.Naieyes myH5869 →
וְלִבִּ֛יve.li.Biand heart myH3820 →
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →

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Exodus 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.2 Chronicles 7:12the 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.2 Chronicles 6:5–6‘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 Israel.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.2 Chronicles 6:20May 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 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.Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.John 2:19–21Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”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.”Haggai 1:8Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.2 Chronicles 33:4–7Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”Psalms 132:14“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.Zechariah 3:2And 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 12:21If 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 you want.Deuteronomy 16:11and 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 foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.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,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,

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