2 Chronicles 7:16

God's Charge To Solomon

¹⁵ Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place. ¹⁶ Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there. ¹⁷ You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.

For My Name

House for My Name

Set Apart

2 Chronicles 7:12

the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

Deuteronomy 12:21

If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish.

Deuteronomy 16:11

You shall rejoice before him -- you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you -- in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

1 Kings 8:16

He told David, 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.'

1 Kings 8:35

"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,

1 Kings 8:44

"When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

1 Kings 8:48

When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him, "I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

2 Kings 21:4

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

2 Kings 21:7-8

He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

2 Chronicles 6:5-6

He told David, 'Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:20

Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place.

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 33:4-7

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

Psalm 132:14

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

Zechariah 3:2

The Lord said to Satan, "May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn't this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?"

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."

John 2:19-21

Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."

Colossians 2:9

For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,