For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. Treasury of Scripture have I chosen Deuteronomy 12:21 If the place which the LORD your God has chosen to put his name there be too far from you... Deuteronomy 16:11 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant... 1 Kings 8:16,44,48 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house... Psalm 132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. Zechariah 3:2 And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; even the LORD that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you... my name 2 Chronicles 6:5,6,20 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in... 2 Chronicles 33:4-7 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever... 1 Kings 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place... 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house... 2 Kings 21:4,7,8 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name... eyes 2 Chronicles 7:15 Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. Matthew 3:17 And see a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up... Colossians 2:9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
Context God's Promise and Warning
11Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 13If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. 16For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 17And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and shall observe my statutes and my judgments; 18Then will I establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel. 19But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house? 22And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.
Darby Bible Translation
for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.
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