2 Chronicles 20:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They have lived in it and in it have built you a sanctuary for your name, saying,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:4

I am now about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for offering fragrant incense before him, and for the regular offering of the rows of bread, and for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Did you not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?

2 Chronicles 20:9

‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and cry to you in our distress, and you will hear and save.’

2 Chronicles 6:10

Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made, for I have succeeded my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:5

‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel,

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

Joshua 21:43

Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to their ancestors that he would give them, and having taken possession of it, they settled there.