2 Chronicles 33:4

God's Word

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13

He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

1 Kings 8:29

Night and day may your eyes be on this temple, the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’ Listen to me as I pray toward this place.

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer for mercy that you made to me. I have declared that this temple which you have built is holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

2 Kings 16:11

Urijah built an altar exactly like the model King Ahaz sent from Damascus. He finished it before Ahaz returned home from Damascus.

2 Kings 16:16

The priest Urijah did what King Ahaz had commanded.

2 Chronicles 28:24

Ahaz collected the utensils in God’s temple, cut them up, and closed the doors to the Lord’s temple. He made altars for himself on every corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:19

They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the gods made by human hands and worshiped by the people in other countries.

2 Chronicles 33:15

Manasseh got rid of the foreign gods and the idol in the Lord’s temple. He got rid of the altars he had built in the temple on the Lord’s mountain and in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh had a carved idol made. Then he set it up in God’s temple, where God had said to David and his son Solomon, “I have chosen this temple and Jerusalem from all the tribes of Israel. I will put my name here forever.

2 Chronicles 34:11

(These workers included carpenters and builders.) They were to buy quarried stones and wood for the fittings and beams of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to become run-down.

2 Chronicles 6:5

‘Ever since I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I didn’t choose any city from the tribes of Israel as a place to build a temple for my name. And I didn’t choose any man to be prince over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I’ve chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name; I’ve chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 7:16

I have chosen and declared this temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

Jeremiah 7:30

The people of Judah have done what I consider evil,” declares the Lord. “They set up their detestable idols in the house that is called by my name. They have made it unclean.

Deuteronomy 12:11

Then the Lord your God will choose a place where his name will live. You must bring everything I command you to that place. Bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one-tenth of your income, your contributions, and all the best offerings you vow to bring to the Lord.