2 Kings 21:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

He set

2 Kings 23:6

2 Chronicles 33:7

In this house

General references

2 Kings 23:32

Jeremiah 32:34

Bible References

He set

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.

Then he put the carved image of 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 from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

In this house

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

The Lord said, “I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel. And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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.

The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

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 house of sacrifice.

but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell.’

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion which He loved.

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His habitation.

But they put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.

General references

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

But they put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.