2 Chronicles 7:16

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

14if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 15Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place. Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there. 17You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. 18Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.’

2 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For now have I chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• and sanctifiedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• that my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• may be there forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• and mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and mine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• shall be there perpetuallyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:16

• Deuteronomy 12:21If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish.
• Deuteronomy 16:11You shall rejoice before him – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
• 1 Kings 8:16He told David, ‘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 temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
• Psalms 132:14He said, “This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
• Zechariah 3:2The Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
• 2 Chronicles 6:5He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 33:4He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”
• 1 Kings 8:35“The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
• 1 Kings 9:3The Lord said to him, “I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
• 2 Kings 21:4He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”
• 2 Chronicles 7:15Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.
• Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”
• John 2:19Jesus replied, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”
• Colossians 2:9For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 7:16

• Afflictions and Adversities
• God
• Solomon
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Perpetual; Perpetually; Perpetuity

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