2 Chronicles 6:6

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:4

But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever. For of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.

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.

Psalm 48:1

Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said to Samuel: How It long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Isaiah 14:32

And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope 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 6:5

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.

Zechariah 2:12

And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem.

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.

2 Kings 21:7

He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord; concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

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,

1 Chronicles 17:7

Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I took thee from the pastures, from following the flock, that thou shouldst be ruler of my people Israel.

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 20:8

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

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.

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,

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 are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

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?