2 Chronicles 6:6

Modern English Version

but I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to dwell there, and I have selected David to be over My people Israel.’

Cross References

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

2 Kings 21:7

He put a carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

1 Chronicles 17:5

for I have not dwelt in a house since the day when I brought Israel up even until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

1 Chronicles 17:7

And now say this to My servant David: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following after the flock, to be ruler over My people Israel,

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.

2 Chronicles 12:13

So King Rehoboam was strong and reigned in Jerusalem. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

2 Chronicles 20:8

And they have dwelt in it and have built in it for You a sanctuary for Your name saying,

2 Chronicles 30:8

So now do not harden your necks as your fathers, but give yourselves to the Lord and come to the sanctuary that He has consecrated permanently. Serve the Lord your God so that His burning anger might turn away from you all.

2 Chronicles 33:4

And he built altars in the house of the Lord where the Lord said, “In Jerusalem My name will be perpetual.”

2 Chronicles 6:20

that Your eyes might be open toward this house both day and night, to the place that You have said that You will set Your name, in order to hear the prayer of Your servant for this place.

2 Chronicles 6:5

‘Since the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose any city from among the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to dwell there, nor did I select a man to be the leader over My people Israel;

2 Chronicles 7:16

So now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name be there continually. My eyes and heart will be there for all days.

Ezra 7:16

along with all the silver and gold that you can find in all the province of Babylon, plus the freewill offering of the people and priests, who are voluntarily giving for the house of their God in Jerusalem.

Psalm 122:2

Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!

Psalm 132:13

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

Psalm 48:1

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.

Exodus 20:24

“You shall make an altar of earth for Me and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen. In every place where I cause My name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you.

Isaiah 14:32

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.

Zechariah 2:12

And the Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and He will again choose Jerusalem.

Zechariah 3:2

And the Lord said to the Adversary, “The Lord rebuke you, Adversary! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebukes you! Is this not a burning brand taken out of the fire?”

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.”