Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

In the house

General references

Bible References

In the house

2 Kings 21:7
Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.
2 Kings 23:6
He brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

God had said

2 Chronicles 33:4
He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
1 Kings 8:29
that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.
Psalm 132:13
For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His habitation.

Which i have

2 Chronicles 6:6
but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
1 Kings 8:44
“When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,
1 Kings 11:13
However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
Psalm 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion which He loved.

General references

Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
Jeremiah 32:34
But they put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.