Adonai said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition that you made before Me. I have consecrated this House, which you have built, to put My Name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there every day.
John 4:20 - Tree of Life Version Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you all say that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship. American Standard Version (1901) Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Common English Bible Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you and your people say that it is necessary to worship in Jerusalem.” Catholic Public Domain Version Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you say, that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore. |
Adonai said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition that you made before Me. I have consecrated this House, which you have built, to put My Name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there every day.
David built there an altar to Adonai and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called on Adonai and He answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.
Then David said, “This is the place where the House of Adonai Elohim will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”
But I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name would abide there and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Then Adonai appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself for a House of sacrifice.
For now I have chosen and consecrated this House so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
Thus says Adonai: “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the House you would build for Me? Where is the place of My rest?
But they did not receive Him, because He was focused on going up to Jerusalem.
You’re not greater than our father Jacob, are You? He gave us this well. He drank out of it himself, with his sons and his cattle.”
Now when Adonai your God brings you into the land you are going in to possess, you are to set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
“When you have crossed over the Jordan, these are to stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.