1 Kings 8:16

Modern English Version

‘Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city from any tribe of Israel to build a house where My name might be praised, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

To his son will I give one tribe, so that My servant David will always have a light before Me in Jerusalem, the city in which I have chosen to put My name.

1 Kings 8:29

that Your eyes may be upon this house night and day, even toward the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that You may listen to the prayer which Your servant shall make toward this place.

2 Kings 23:27

The Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from before Me, as I have removed Israel. I will reject this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.”

1 Chronicles 17:3

But it happened on that same night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

1 Chronicles 28:4

“Still, the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever, for He chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

Nehemiah 1:9

but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and bring them back to the place where I have chosen to establish My name.’

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

Psalm 78:70

He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

Psalm 89:3

You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

Jeremiah 7:12

But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then there will be a place which the Lord your God will choose to cause His name to dwell. There you must bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you must seek only the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to establish His name, and there you must go.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from ruling over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for Myself from among his sons.”