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2 Kings 21:4

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

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ASV

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

KJV

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבָנָ֥הu.va.Nahand he builtH1129 →
מִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotaltarsH4196 →
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe had saidH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389 →
אָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimI will putH7760 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁמִֽי׃she.Miname myH8034 →

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2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.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.Jeremiah 32:34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.Ezekiel 23:39On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.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 Kings 16:10–16Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.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.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 21:7Manasseh 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.2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”Ezekiel 23:38They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.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.Psalms 78:68–69But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: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.”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.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.Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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