2 Chronicles 7:16
And now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name should be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
15And now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:21And if the place be far from you, which the Lord your God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock which God shall have given you, even as I commanded you, and you shall eat in your cities according to the desire of your soul.
1 Kings 8:16From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any one + 8:16 Gr. staff. tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Kings 8:44If it be that your people shall go forth to war against their enemies in the way by which you shall turn them, and pray in the name of the Lord + 8:44 Gr. by way of. toward the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built to your name,
1 Kings 9:3And the Lord said to him, I have heard the voice of your prayer, and your supplication which you made before me: I have done for you according to all your prayer: I have hallowed this house which you have built to put my name there for ever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.
2 Kings 21:7And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my name for ever.
2 Chronicles 6:6But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:13-22
God's Promises to Solomon. ( b. c. 1004.) 12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,… Read the whole commentary →