2 Chronicles 7:16

God's presence God's holiness

¹⁴ and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

¹⁵ Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

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.

¹⁷ And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

¹⁸ then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
WEB: For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.
ASV: For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
DARBY: for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
BLB: For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there even to forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there all the days.

ÅB: Og nå har jeg utvalgt og helliget dette hus, for at mitt navn skal bo der til evig tid, og mine øyne og mitt hjerte skal være der alle dager.
OTB: For nå har jeg valgt og helliget dette huset slik at mitt navn kan bo der for alltid, og mine øyne og mitt hjerte skal forbli der alltid.
B1930: Og nu har jeg utvalgt og helliget dette hus, forat mitt navn skal bo der til evig tid, og mine øine og mitt hjerte skal være der alle dager.

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2 Chronicles 7:15
Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
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2 Chronicles 7:12
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
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2 Chronicles 6:5–6
‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
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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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2 Chronicles 6:20
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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Colossians 2:9
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
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John 2:19–21
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
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Zechariah 3:2
And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
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