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

14when My people, 0ver whom My Name is called, humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven and 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 so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually. 17“As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all that I have commanded you, keeping 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.’

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 Adonai your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of your herd and flock that Adonai has given you—as I have commanded you—and you may eat within your gates, all your soul’s desire.
• Deuteronomy 16:11So you will rejoice before Adonai your God in the place Adonai your God chooses to make His Name dwell—you, your son and daughter, slave and maid, Levite and outsider, orphan and widow in your midst.
• 1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out from Egypt, I have not chosen a city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a House where My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
• Psalms 132:14“This is My resting place forever. Here I dwell, for I have desired it.
• Zechariah 3:2Adonai said to the satan, ‘Adonai rebukes you, the satan. Indeed Adonai, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. Is not this man a brand plucked out of the fire?’
• 2 Chronicles 6:5‘Since the day that I brought My people out of 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 to be a leader over My people Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 33:4He built altars in the House of Adonai—of which Adonai had said, “My Name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
• 1 Kings 8:35“When the skies are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, yet if they pray toward this place and confess Your Name and turn from their sin because You have afflicted them,
• 1 Kings 9:3Adonai said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition that you made before Me. I have consecrated this House, which you have built, to put My Name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there every day.
• 2 Kings 21:4He even built altars in Adonai’s House, where Adonai 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 from the heavens said, “This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased!”
• John 2:19“Destroy this Temple,” Yeshua answered them, “and in three days I will raise it up.”
• Colossians 2:9For all the fullness of Deity lives bodily in Him,

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