2 Kings 21:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

1 Kings 8:29

so that your eyes may watch over this temple night and day, towards the place where you said, ‘My name will be there,’ and so that you may hear the prayer that your servant prays towards this place.

2 Samuel 7:13

He is the one who will build a house for my name,  and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Jeremiah 32:34

They have placed their abhorrent things  in the house that bears my name and have defiled it.

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put  my name there for ever;  my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Instead, turn to the place the Lord your God chooses  from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.

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.

Jeremiah 32:31

‘for this city has caused my wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. I will therefore remove it from my presence

Ezekiel 23:38

They also did this to me: they defiled my sanctuary  on that same day and profaned my Sabbaths.

2 Kings 23:12

The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof  of Ahaz’s upper chamber.  He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made  in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them  there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

2 Kings 23:27

For the Lord had said, ‘I will also remove Judah from my presence just as I have removed Israel.  I will reject this city Jerusalem, that I have chosen, and the temple about which I said, “My name will be there.” ’

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.

2 Chronicles 6:6

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

Jeremiah 7:30

‘For the Judeans have done what is evil in my sight.’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘They have set up their abhorrent things  in the house that bears my name in order to defile it.

Jeremiah 32:35

They have built the high places of Baal in Ben Hinnom Valley to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire  to Molech   #– #something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought  that they do this detestable act, causing Judah to sin!

Ezekiel 23:39

On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered my sanctuary to profane it.  Yes, that is what they did inside my house.