2 Chronicles 20:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And they have dwelt in it, and have built thee in it a sanctuary for thy name, saying, Flere versionerKing 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: |
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before him, and for the continual offering of the showbread, and for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained for ever for Israel.
Didst thou not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it for ever to the descendants of Abraham thy friend?
‘If evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, for thy name is in this house, and cry to thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.’
Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise which he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;
but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and having taken possession of it, they settled there.