He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
2 Kings 21:4 - English Standard Version 2016 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem will I put my name.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he built [heathen] altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put My Name [and the pledge of My presence]. American Standard Version (1901) And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. Common English Bible He even built altars in the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple—the very place the LORD was speaking of when he said: “I will put my name in Jerusalem.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord said: "In Jerusalem, I will place my name." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name. |
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.
And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, he pulled down and broke in pieces and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
And the Lord said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.”
‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;
but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.
This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight
They set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.
They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
“For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.
Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths.
For when they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, this is what they did in my house.
But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,