2 Chronicles 6:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

From the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built in it to my name. Neither chose I any other man, to be the ruler of my people Israel.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:16

Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

1 Samuel 15:23

Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch therefore as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king.

1 Samuel 10:24

And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king.

Deuteronomy 12:11

In the place, which the Lord your God shall choose, that his name may be therein. Thither shall you bring all the things that I command you: holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which you shall vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it.

Exodus 23:21

Take notice of him, and hear his voice, and do not think him one to be contemned: for he will not forgive when thou hast sinned, and my name is in him.

Exodus 20:24

You shall make an altar of earth unto 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 thee, and will bless thee.

2 Chronicles 6:4

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke to David my father, saying:

2 Chronicles 6:6

But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.

2 Kings 21:4

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

1 Chronicles 17:5

For I have not remained in a house from the time that I brought up Israel, to this day: but I have been always changing places in a tabernacle, and in a tent,

2 Chronicles 6:20

That thou mayest open thy eyes upon this house, day and night, upon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be called upon,

2 Chronicles 7:16

For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.

2 Chronicles 12:13

King Roboam therefore was strengthened in Jerusalem, and reigned. He was one and forty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his name there. And the name of his mother was Naama, an Ammonitess.

2 Chronicles 20:8

And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:

2 Chronicles 20:9

If evils fall upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in thy presence before this house, in which thy name is called upon: and we will cry to thee in our afflictions. And thou wilt hear, and save us.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Harden not your necks, as your fathers did: Yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever. Serve the Lord the God of your fathers; and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you.

2 Chronicles 33:4

He built also altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

2 Chronicles 33:7

He set also a graven and a molten statue in the house of God, of which God had said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever.

Ezra 7:16

And all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, and that the people is willing to offer, and that the priests shall offer of their own accord to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,

Zechariah 3:2

And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan: and the Lord that chose Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?