1 Kings 8:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshipped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn towards it and pray.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:13

When I do, I will still let him rule one tribe, because I have not forgotten that David was my servant and Jerusalem is my city.

1 Kings 11:36

but Solomon's son will still rule one tribe. This way, my servant David will always have a descendant ruling in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to be worshipped.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam son of Solomon was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled seventeen years from Jerusalem, the city where the LORD had chosen to be worshipped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon.

1 Kings 8:43

listen from your home in heaven and answer their prayers. Then everyone on earth will worship you, just like your people Israel, and they will know that I have built this temple to honour you.

1 Kings 8:52

I am your servant, and the people of Israel belong to you. So listen when any of us pray and cry out for your help.

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

2 Kings 19:16

But just look how Sennacherib has insulted you, the living God.

2 Kings 21:4

In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshipped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods

2 Kings 23:27

The LORD said, “I will desert the people of Judah, just as I deserted the people of Israel. I will reject Jerusalem, even though I chose it to be mine. And I will abandon this temple built to honour me.”

2 Chronicles 16:9

The LORD is constantly watching everyone, and he gives strength to those who faithfully obey him. But you have done a foolish thing, and your kingdom will never be at peace again.

2 Chronicles 20:8

Our ancestors lived in this land and built a temple to honour you.

2 Chronicles 33:4

In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshipped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods

2 Chronicles 6:20

This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshipped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn towards it and pray.

2 Chronicles 6:40

LORD God, hear us when we pray in this temple.

Nehemiah 1:6

I am your servant, so please have mercy on me and answer the prayer that I make day and night for these people of Israel who serve you. I, my family, and the rest of your people have sinned

Nehemiah 1:9

But you also said that no matter how far away we were, we could turn to you and start obeying your laws. Then you would bring us back to the place where you have chosen to be worshipped.

Psalm 138:2

I worship at your holy temple and praise you for your love and your faithfulness. You were true to your word and made yourself more famous than ever before.

Psalm 34:15

If you obey the LORD, he will watch over you and answer your prayers.

Exodus 20:24

Build an altar out of earth, and offer on it your sacrifices of sheep, goats, and cattle. Wherever I choose to be worshipped, I will come down to bless you.

Daniel 6:10

Daniel heard about the law, but when he returned home, he went upstairs and prayed in front of the window that faced Jerusalem. In the same way that he had always done, he knelt down in prayer three times a day, giving thanks to God.

Daniel 9:18

Please show mercy to your chosen city, not because we deserve it, but because of your great kindness.

Zechariah 12:4

I will make every horse panic and every rider confused. But at the same time, I will watch over Judah.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Soon you will cross the Jordan, and the LORD will help you conquer your enemies and let you live in peace, there in the land he has given you. But after you are settled, life will be different. You must not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to. Instead, the LORD will choose a place somewhere in Israel where you must go to worship him. All your sacrifices and offerings must be taken there, including sacrifices to please the LORD and any gift you promise or voluntarily give him. That's where you must also take one tenth of your grain, wine, and olive oil, as well as the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. You and your family and servants will eat your gifts and sacrifices and celebrate there at the place of worship, because the LORD your God has made you successful in everything you have done. And since Levites will not have any land of their own, you must ask some of them to come along and celebrate with you. Sometimes you may want to kill an animal for food and not as a sacrifice. If the LORD has blessed you and given you enough cows or sheep or goats, then you can butcher one of them where you live. You can eat it just like the meat from a deer or gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And even those people who are unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. But you must not eat the blood of any animal—let the blood drain out on the ground.

Deuteronomy 16:2

The Passover sacrifice must be a cow, a sheep, or a goat, and you must offer it at the place where the LORD chooses to be worshipped.

Deuteronomy 16:6

It must be offered at the place where the LORD chooses to be worshipped. Kill the sacrifice at sunset, the time of day when you left Egypt.

Deuteronomy 26:2

and plant crops. And when you begin harvesting each of your crops, the very first things you pick must be put in a basket. Take them to the place where the LORD your God chooses to be worshipped,