New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Chronicles 7:16
16For 1now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.
2 Chronicles 7:16 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.
Context of 2 Chronicles 7:16
14and 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, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. 17As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, 18then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.’
Read all of 2 Chronicles 72 Chronicles 7:16 word by word
וְעַתָּ֗ה בָּחַ֤רְתִּי וְהִקְדַּ֙שְׁתִּי֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה לִהְיוֹת־שְׁמִ֥י שָׁ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ עֵינַ֧י וְלִבִּ֛י שָׁ֖ם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
- nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
- I have chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
- and consecratedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
- thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- that My nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- may be thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
- foreverעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- foreverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- and My eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- and My heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- perpetuallyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- perpetuallyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:16
- Deuteronomy 12:21If the place which the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter of your herd and flock which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates whatever you desire.
- Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is in your town, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
- 1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’
- Psalms 132:14“This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
- Zechariah 3:2The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”
- 2 Chronicles 6:5‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel;
- 2 Chronicles 33:4He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
- 1 Kings 8:35“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
- 1 Kings 9:3The 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.
- 2 Kings 21:4He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
- Matthew 3:17and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”
- John 2:19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
- Colossians 2:9For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
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Notes
- 1. 2 Chronicles 7:16 2 Chr 7:12 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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