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2 Chronicles 33:4

Jerusalem

2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

5 In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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BSB
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
KJV
Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
WEB
He built altars in the LORD’s house, of which the LORD said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
ASV
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
DARBY
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
BLB
And He built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH had said, “In Jerusalem shall be My name forever.”
ÅB
Og han bygget altere i Herrens hus, enda Herren hadde sagt: I Jerusalem skal mitt navn bo til evig tid.
OTB
Han bygde altere i Herrens hus, om hvilket Herren hadde sagt: "Mitt navn skal være i Jerusalem for alltid."
B1930
Og han bygget altere i Herrens hus, enda Herren hadde sagt: I Jerusalem skal mitt navn bo til evig tid.

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  • 2 Chronicles 7:16

    For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:6

    But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

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  • 1 Kings 8:29

    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:11

    then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 7:30

    For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:3–4

    In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:15

    He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

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  • 1 Kings 9:3

    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

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