2 Chronicles 7:12
the Lord appeared to him at night and told him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a Temple of sacrifice.
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Deuteronomy 12:5No, you must go to the place the Lord your God will choose from the territory of all your tribes where he will live with you. That's where you must go.
Deuteronomy 12:11then the Lord your God will choose a place where he will live with you. That's where you are to bring all that I've ordered you—your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and freewill offerings, and all the special gifts that you promise to give to the Lord.
2 Kings 2:6Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, Elisha, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” He replied, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they traveled on together.
2 Chronicles 1:7That night God appeared to Solomon and told him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”
Psalms 10:17Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.
Psalms 78:68Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion which he loves.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:2-12
God's Gracious Answer to Solomon. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord , because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord 's house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the… Read the whole commentary →