2 Chronicles 6:6

Modern King James Version

But now I have chosen Jerusalem, so that My name might be there, and now I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:4

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem I will put My name.

2 Kings 21:7

And he set a graven image of the Asherah which he had made in the house, of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

1 Chronicles 17:5

For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel until today, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

1 Chronicles 17:7

And now you shall say this to My servant David, So says Jehovah of Hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, so that you should be ruler over My people Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:4

But Jehovah, the God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be the ruler, and of the house of Judah the house of my father. And in my father's house He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 12:13

And King Rehoboam strengthened himself at Jerusalem, and reigned. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

2 Chronicles 20:8

And they lived in it. And they have built You a temple in it for Your name, saying,

2 Chronicles 30:8

And do not be stiffnecked like your fathers. Yield yourselves to Jehovah and enter into His temple which He has sanctified forever. And serve Jehovah your God, so that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.

2 Chronicles 33:4

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.

2 Chronicles 6:20

I pray that Your eyes may be open on this house day and night, on the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant prays toward this place.

2 Chronicles 6:5

From the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt I have not chosen any city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, so that My name might be there. Nor have I chosen any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, so that My name may be there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall be there forever.

Ezra 7:16

and all the silver and gold which you can find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God in Jerusalem.

Psalm 122:2

Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Psalm 132:13

Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling-place.

Psalm 48:1

A Song and Psalm for the Sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.

Exodus 20:24

You shall make an altar of earth to Me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In all places where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you.

Isaiah 14:32

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

Zechariah 2:12

And Jehovah shall possess Judah, His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Zechariah 3:2

And Jehovah said to Satan, May Jehovah rebuke you, Satan! May even Jehovah who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked out of the fire?

1 Samuel 16:1

And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have seen a king for Me among his sons.