2 Chronicles 20:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They have lived in the land and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name and have said, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They dwelt in it and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying, American Standard Version (1901) And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, Common English Bible They have lived in it and have built a sanctuary in honor of your name in it, saying, Catholic Public Domain Version And they lived in it. And they built a Sanctuary to your name in it, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying: |
Now I am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God in order to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for displaying the rows of the Bread of the Presence continuously, and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently.
Are you not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and who gave it for ever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
‘If disaster comes on us #– #sword or judgement, pestilence or famine #– #we will stand before this temple and before you, for your name is in this temple. We will cry out to you because of our distress, and you will hear and deliver.’
So the Lord has fulfilled what he promised. I have taken the place of my father David and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that my name would be there, and I have not chosen a man to be ruler over my people Israel.
But I have chosen Jerusalem so that my name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.