2 Chronicles 6:6

New English Translation

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Cross References

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”

2 Kings 21:7

He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

1 Chronicles 17:5

For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

1 Chronicles 17:7

“So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:4

The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. Indeed, he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 12:13

King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

2 Chronicles 20:8

They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

2 Chronicles 30:8

Now, don’t be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.

2 Chronicles 33:4

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”

2 Chronicles 6:20

Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.

2 Chronicles 6:5

He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:16

Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

Ezra 7:16

along with all the silver and gold that you may collect throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.

Psalm 122:2

Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

Psalm 132:13

Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

Psalm 48:1

The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

Exodus 20:24

‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

Isaiah 14:32

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

Zechariah 2:12

The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

Zechariah 3:2

The Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”