2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
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2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
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2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,
2 Chronicles 6:2
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
2 Chronicles 6:3
Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
2 Chronicles 6:4
And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,
2 Chronicles 6:5
From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:8
But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:
2 Chronicles 6:9
But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
2 Chronicles 6:10
And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:11
And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.
2 Samuel 7:5
Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?
2 Samuel 7:6
For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.
2 Samuel 7:7
In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?
1 Kings 5:3
You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.
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2 Chronicles 7:16
For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
1 Kings 8:16
From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 12:13
So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;
Deuteronomy 12:6
And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;
Exodus 20:24
Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.
Deuteronomy 12:11
Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;
Deuteronomy 26:2
You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.
1 Kings 9:3
And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
2 Kings 21:7
He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.
2 Chronicles 6:20
That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.
1 Kings 8:29
That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.
1 Kings 11:36
And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.
1 Kings 14:21
And Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was king for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
2 Kings 21:4
And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
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Psalms 78:68
But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.
Psalms 78:69
And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.
Psalms 132:13
For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.
Psalms 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
Psalms 87:1
Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song. This house is resting on the holy mountain.
Psalms 87:2
The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.
Psalms 87:3
Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
Psalms 76:2
In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.
Isaiah 14:32
What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
2 Chronicles 32:19
Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.
Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
Psalms 100:4
Come into his doors with joy, and into his house with praise; give him honour, blessing his name.
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.
Revelation 21:10
And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
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Psalms 48:1
A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.
Psalms 48:2
Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.
Psalms 48:3
In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.
Psalms 135:21
Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.
Isaiah 60:14
And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
Psalms 89:19
Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
Psalms 89:20
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
1 Chronicles 28:4
Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;
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2 Chronicles 33:4
And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.
2 Chronicles 33:7
And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Deuteronomy 12:10
But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;
1 Kings 8:44
If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:
1 Kings 8:48
And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:
1 Kings 11:13
Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.
2 Chronicles 6:34
If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:
2 Chronicles 20:8
And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,
John 4:20
Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.
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Zechariah 1:17
And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.
Zechariah 2:12
And Judah will be the Lord's heritage in the holy land, and Jerusalem will again be his.
Zechariah 3:2
And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?
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