2 Kings 21:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ And he built altars in the House of יהוה, of which יהוה  had said, “In Yerushalayim I put My Name.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And he built [heathen] altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put My Name [and the pledge of My presence].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

Common English Bible

⁴ He even built altars in the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple—the very place the LORD was speaking of when he said: “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord said: "In Jerusalem, I will place my name."

2 Kings 21:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13

“He does build a house for My Name, and I shall establish the throne of his reign forever.

1 Kings 8:29

“For Your eyes to be open toward this House night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name is there,’ to listen to the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place.

1 Kings 9:3

And יהוה  said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me. I have set this house apart which you have built to put My Name there forever, and My eyes and My heart shall always be there.

2 Kings 23:12

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Aḥ

2 Kings 23:27

And יהוה  said, “Even Yehuḏ

2 Chronicles 6:5

‘From the day that I brought My people out of the land of Mitsrayim, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Yisra’ĕ

2 Chronicles 6:6

‘But I have chosen Yerushalayim, for My Name to be there. And I have chosen Dawiḏ

Exodus 20:24

‘Make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall slaughter on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I shall come to you and bless you.

Jeremiah 32:31

“For this city has been a cause for My displeasure and My wrath from the day that they built it, even to this day that I should remove it from before My face,

Jeremiah 32:34

“And they set their abominations in the house which is called by My Name, to defile it.

Jeremiah 32:35

“And they built the high places of Baʽ

Jeremiah 7:30

“For the children of Yehuḏ

Ezekiel 23:38

“They also did this to Me: They have defiled My set-apart place on the same day, and they have profaned My Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 23:39

“For when they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My set-apart place to profane it. And see, that is what they did in the midst of My House.

Deuteronomy 12:5

but seek the place which יהוה  your Elohim chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His Name there, for His Dwelling Place, and there you shall enter.