2 Chronicles 20:8

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They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

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  • 2 Chr 2:4 : 4 The house I am building will be large because our God is greater than all gods.
  • 2 Chr 6:10 : 10 The LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke, and I have taken the place of my father David and now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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  • 2 Chr 20:9
    79%

    9'If disaster comes upon us—whether the sword, judgment, plague, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in your presence (for your name is in this temple) and cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:41-44
    4 verses
    79%

    41As for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a distant land because of Your name—

    42for they will hear of Your great name, Your mighty hand, and Your outstretched arm. When they come and pray toward this house,

    43then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all the foreigner asks You for, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house I have built is called by Your name.

    44When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    78%

    13I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    77%

    16I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

  • Exod 25:8
    77%

    8And let them make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-30
    5 verses
    77%

    26'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

    27'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'

    28'Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, LORD my God. Listen to the cry and the prayer that Your servant prays before You today.'

    29'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You said, “My name shall be there,” to hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.'

    30'Hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive.'

  • 2 Chr 6:32-34
    3 verses
    77%

    32Even concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a distant land because of Your great name, Your mighty hand, and Your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this house—

    33then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place. Do according to all that the foreigner asks of You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as Your people Israel do, and may know that this house I have built is called by Your name.

    34When Your people go out to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house I have built for Your name,

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20The LORD has fulfilled His word that He spoke: I have arisen in place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have also built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    21And there I have placed a place for the Ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    77%

    2And I have built a lofty house for You, a place for You to dwell forever.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    77%

    3The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    76%

    18'But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heavens cannot contain You, much less this house that I have built!

  • 2 Chr 20:7
    76%

    7'Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham, your friend?'

  • 1 Kgs 8:48
    76%

    48and if they turn back to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You in the direction of the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    76%

    16LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    75%

    19Now set your heart and soul to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16'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 house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'

    17Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    75%

    1Then David said, 'This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.'

  • 2 Sam 7:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26May your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel,' and may the house of your servant David be established before you.

    27For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 2 Kgs 21:4
    75%

    4He built altars in the house of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put My name.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:33
    75%

    33When Your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against You, and if they turn back to You, confess Your name, pray, and plead with You in this house,

  • 1 Chr 17:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24so that your name will be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God.' And may the house of your servant David be established before you.

    25You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

  • 2 Chr 6:38
    74%

    38And when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and they pray toward the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your name,

  • 2 Chr 6:20
    74%

    20'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, to listen to the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    8But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.

  • Ps 26:8
    74%

    8Lord, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    73%

    5Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    73%

    5"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

  • 2 Chr 6:24
    73%

    24If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn back to You and confess Your name, pray, and make supplication before You in this house,

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    73%

    6In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • Exod 15:17
    73%

    17You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, LORD, You made for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, Your hands established.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    73%

    7Manasseh took a carved idol that he had made and placed it in the temple of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, 'In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.'

  • 2 Chr 6:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10The LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke, and I have taken the place of my father David and now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    11And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that He made with the people of Israel.

  • Jer 7:10
    73%

    10and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things?

  • 2 Chr 33:4
    73%

    4He built altars in the temple of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.'

  • Acts 7:47
    73%

    47But it was Solomon who built Him a house.