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2 Kings 21:7

Manasseh 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.

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ASV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּ֕שֶׂםvai.Ya.semand he putH7760 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
פֶּ֥סֶלPe.sel[the] image ofH6459 →
הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha.'a.she.Rah<the> AsherahH842 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשָׂ֑ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213 →
בַּבַּ֗יִתba.Ba.yitin the houseH1004 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָמַ֤ר'a.Marhe had saidH559 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִד֙da.VidDavidH1732 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
בְנ֔וֹve.Noson hisH1121 →
בַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitin the houseH1004 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.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 →
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 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.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.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.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.Ezekiel 23:38They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.2 Kings 23:4Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.Jeremiah 32:34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: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.’”2 Kings 21:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.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.Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,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.Nehemiah 1:9but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for 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.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.

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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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