2 Chronicles 6:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But I have chosen Jerusalem so that my name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:4

‘Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family  to be king over Israel for ever.  For he chose Judah as leader,  and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons,  he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 12:13

King Rehoboam  established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name.  Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.’

Isaiah 14:32

What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation? The Lord has founded Zion, and his oppressed people find refuge in her.

Exodus 20:24

‘Make an earthen altar for me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your flocks and herds. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause my name to be remembered.

2 Chronicles 6:5

‘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.

Zechariah 2:12

The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the Lord’s temple,  where the Lord had said, ‘Jerusalem is where I will put my name.’

2 Kings 21:7

Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the Lord had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: ‘I will establish my name for ever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:5

From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until today I have not dwelt in a house; instead, I have moved from one tent site to another, and from one tabernacle location to another.  ,

1 Chronicles 17:7

‘So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: “This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:20

so that your eyes watch over this temple day and night, towards the place where you said you would put your name; and so that you may hear the prayer your servant prays towards this place.

2 Chronicles 7:16

And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

2 Chronicles 20:8

They have lived in the land and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name and have said,

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don’t become obstinate  , now as your ancestors did. Give your allegiance  to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated for ever. Serve the Lord your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you,

2 Chronicles 33:4

He built altars  in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, ‘Jerusalem is where my name will remain for ever.’

Ezra 7:16

and all the silver and gold you receive throughout the province of Babylon, together with the freewill offerings given by the people and the priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.

Zechariah 3:2

The Lord   said to Satan, ‘The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire? ’