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Bible in Basic English

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

New American Standard Bible

He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

King James Version

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

He also built altars in the LORD's Temple, about which the LORD had spoken "My name will reside in Jerusalem forever."

A Conservative Version

And he built altars in the house of LORD, of which LORD said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

American Standard Version

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Amplified

He built [pagan] altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

Darby Translation

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall be my name forever.

King James 2000

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, [of] which Yahweh had said, "In Jerusalem my name shall be forever."

Modern King James verseion

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he built altars in the house of the LORD: of which the LORD hath said, "In Jerusalem shall my name be forever."

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."

The Emphasized Bible

and built altars in the house of Yahweh, - as to which Yahweh had said, In Jerusalem, shall be my Name, unto times age-abiding.

Webster

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

World English Bible

He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."

Youngs Literal Translation

And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, 'In Jerusalem is My name to the age.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Also he built
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

in the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the Lord

Usage: 0

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

shall my name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Reign Of Manasseh

3 For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven; 4 And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever. 5 And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:16

For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

Deuteronomy 12:11

Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;

1 Kings 8:29

That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

1 Kings 9:3

And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

2 Kings 21:4-5

And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

2 Chronicles 32:19

Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

2 Chronicles 33:15

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

2 Chronicles 34:3-4

In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 7:30

For the children of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says the Lord: they have put their disgusting images in the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

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