2 Chronicles 7:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I have chosen this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. So I will be honored there forever. I will watch over it and think of it always.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now, my eyes are open, and my ears will pay attention to the prayers prayed in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “Solomon, I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself to be a house for sacrifices.

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him, “I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. You built this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. So I will be honored there forever. I will watch over it and think of it always.

2 Chronicles 6:20

In the past you said, ‘I will be honored there.’ So please watch over this Temple, night and day. And listen to my prayer as I turn toward this Temple and pray to you.

Colossians 2:9

I say this because all of God lives in Christ fully, even in his life on earth.

Zechariah 3:2

Then the angel of the Lord said, “The Lord says that you are wrong, and he will continue to correct you! The Lord has chosen Jerusalem to be his special city. He saved that city—it was like a burning stick pulled from the fire.”

Psalm 132:14

He said, “This will always be my place of rest. This is where I want to sit on my throne.

Matthew 3:17

A voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him.”

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars to honor false gods in the Lord’s Temple. (This is the place the Lord was talking about when he said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”)

1 Kings 8:48

They will be in that faraway land of their enemies, but they will turn back to you. They will feel sorry for their sins with their whole heart and soul. They will turn toward the land you gave their ancestors. They will look toward the city you chose and toward the Temple I built, and they will pray to you.

1 Kings 8:44

“Sometimes you will command your people to go and fight against their enemies. Then your people will turn toward the city that you have chosen and the Temple that I built in your honor, and they will pray to you, Lord.

1 Kings 8:35

“Sometimes they will sin against you, and you will stop the rain from falling on their land. Then they will pray toward this place and praise your name. You make them suffer, and they will be sorry for their sins.

1 Kings 8:16

‘I brought my people, Israel, out of Egypt, but I had not yet chosen a city from among the tribes of Israel for a temple to honor me. And I had not chosen a man to be leader over my people, Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the city where I will be honored. And I have chosen David to rule over my people, Israel.’

Deuteronomy 16:11

Go to the place the Lord will choose to be the home for his name. You and your people should enjoy yourselves together there with the Lord your God. Take all your people with you—your sons, your daughters, and all your servants. And take the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows living in your towns.

2 Chronicles 7:17

You must serve me with a pure and honest heart, just as your father David did. You must obey my laws and do everything that I commanded you. If you obey all I have commanded, and if you obey my laws and rules,

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don’t be stubborn as your ancestors were. But obey the Lord with a willing heart. Come to the Temple that he has made to be holy forever. Serve the Lord your God. Then his fearful anger will turn away from you.

Psalm 132:13

The Lord has chosen Zion to be the place for his Temple, the place he wanted for his home.