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
God had said
Which i have
General references
Bible References
In the house
2 Kings 21:7
He made an image of the goddess Asherah and set it in the Temple of Jehovah. This is the same Temple that Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son: In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever (for a very long time).
2 Kings 23:6
He removed the pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah from the temple. He took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. There he burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust, and threw its ashes on the tombs of the common people.
God had said
2 Chronicles 33:4
He built altars in Jehovah's Temple, of which Jehovah said: My name will be in Jerusalem from generation to generation.
1 Kings 8:29
Watch over this Temple day and night. For this is the place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.
Psalm 132:13
Jehovah has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.
Which i have
2 Chronicles 6:6
Now I have chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name. I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.
1 Kings 8:44
When your people go to war against their enemies, they pray to you, O Jehovah, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I built for your name.
1 Kings 11:13
Still I will not take the entire kingdom from him. I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.
Psalm 78:68
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion he loved.
General references
Exodus 20:4
Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.
Jeremiah 32:34
They set up their detestable idols in the Temple that is called by my name, and they dishonored it.