1 Kings 8:16

Good News Translation

‘From the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen any city in all the land of Israel in which a temple should be built where I would be worshiped. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.’”

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

but I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

1 Kings 8:29

Watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.

2 Kings 23:27

The Lord said, “I will do to Judah what I have done to Israel: I will banish the people of Judah from my sight, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and the Temple, the place I said was where I should be worshiped.”

1 Chronicles 17:3

But that night God said to Nathan,

1 Chronicles 28:4

The Lord, the God of Israel, chose me and my descendants to rule Israel forever. He chose the tribe of Judah to provide leadership, and out of Judah he chose my father's family. From all that family it was his pleasure to take me and make me king over all Israel.

Nehemiah 1:9

But then if you turn back to me and do what I have commanded you, I will bring you back to the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, even though you are scattered to the ends of the earth.’

Psalm 132:13

The Lord has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home:

Psalm 78:70

He chose his servant David; he took him from the pastures,

Psalm 89:3

You said, “I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David,

Jeremiah 7:12

Go to Shiloh, the first place where I chose to be worshiped, and see what I did to it because of the sins of my people Israel.

Deuteronomy 12:11

The Lord will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Out of the territory of all your tribes the Lord will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”