2 Chronicles 7:16

God's Charge To Solomon

¹⁵ My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place. ¹⁶ And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My name may be there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times. ¹⁷ As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

For My Name

House for My Name

Set Apart

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:

I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a temple of sacrifice.

Deuteronomy 12:21

If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.

1 Kings 8:16

“Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt,
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that My name would be there.
But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.”

1 Kings 8:35

When the skies are shut and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against You,
and they pray toward this place
and praise Your name,
and they turn from their sins
because You are afflicting them,

1 Kings 8:44

When Your people go out to fight against their enemies,
wherever You send them,
and they pray to Yahweh
in the direction of the city You have chosen
and the temple I have built for Your name,

1 Kings 8:48

and when they return to You with their whole mind and heart
in the land of their enemies who took them captive,
and when they pray to You in the direction of their land
that You gave their ancestors,
the city You have chosen,
and the temple I have built for Your name,

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him:

I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put My name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times.

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put My name.”

2 Kings 21:7-8

Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the Lord had spoken about to David and his son Solomon, “I will establish My name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:5-6

“Since the day I brought My people Israel
out of the land of Egypt,
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that My name would be there,
and I have not chosen a man
to be ruler over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:20

so that Your eyes watch over this temple
day and night,
toward the place where You said
You would put Your name;
and so that You may hear the prayer
Your servant prays toward this place.

2 Chronicles 7:15

My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.

2 Chronicles 33:4-7

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where Yahweh had said, “Jerusalem is where My name will remain forever.”

Psalm 132:14

“This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.

Zechariah 3:2

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

Matthew 3:17

And there came a voice from heaven:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him!

John 2:19-21

Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.”

Colossians 2:9

For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ,