2 Chronicles 6:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it. And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.'

Cross References

2 Kings 21:4

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

2 Kings 21:7

Also, he set up an idol, of the sacred grove that he had made, in the temple of the Lord, about which the Lord said to David, and to his son Solomon: "In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name forever.

1 Chronicles 17:5

For I have not stayed in a house from the time when I led out Israel, even to this day. Instead, I have been continually changing places, in a tabernacle and tent,

1 Chronicles 17:7

And so, now you shall say this to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you when you were following the flock in the pastures, so that you would be the leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:4

Now the Lord God of Israel chose me, out of the entire house of my father, so that I would be king over Israel forever. For from Judah he chose leaders; then from the house of Judah he chose the house of my father; and from the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me as king over all of Israel.

2 Chronicles 12:13

Therefore, king Rehoboam was strengthened in Jerusalem, and he reigned. He was forty-one years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, so that he might confirm his name there. Now the name of his mother was Naamah, an Ammonite.

2 Chronicles 20:8

And they lived in it. And they built a Sanctuary to your name in it, saying:

2 Chronicles 30:8

Do not choose to harden your necks, as your fathers did. Surrender to the hands of the Lord. And go to his Sanctuary, which he has sanctified unto eternity. Serve the Lord, the God of your fathers, and the fury of his wrath will be turned away from you.

2 Chronicles 33:4

Also, he built altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord had said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."

2 Chronicles 6:20

and so that you may open your eyes over this house, day and night, over the place where you promised that your name would be invoked,

2 Chronicles 6:5

'From the day when I led my people away from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built in it to my name. And I did not choose any other man, so that he would be the ruler of my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For I have chosen and sanctified this place, so that my name may be there continually, and so that my eyes and my heart may remain there, for all days.

Ezra 7:16

And all the silver and gold, as much as you will find in the entire province of Babylon, and which the people will wish to offer, and which some of the priests will offer freely to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,

Psalm 122:2

Behold, as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress, so our eyes are upon the Lord our God, until he may be merciful to us.

Psalm 48:1

Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.

Exodus 20:24

You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you.

Isaiah 14:32

And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.

Zechariah 2:12

And the Lord will possess his portion, Judah, in the sanctified land, and still he will single out Jerusalem.

Zechariah 3:2

And the Lord said to Satan, "May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! And may the Lord, who chose Jerusalem, rebuke you! Are you not a firebrand plucked from the fire?"

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said to Samuel: "How long will you mourn for Saul, though I have rejected him, so that he would not reign over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and approach, so that I may send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have provided a king from among his sons for myself."