2 Chronicles 7:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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 an house of sacrifice.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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 an house of sacrifice.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Jehovah{H3068} appeared{H7200} to Solomon{H8010} by night,{H3915} and said{H559} unto him, I have heard{H8085} thy prayer,{H8605} and have chosen{H977} this place{H4725} to myself for a house{H1004} of sacrifice.{H2077}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} to Solomon{H8010} by night{H3915}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} thy prayer{H8605}, and have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} this place{H4725} to myself for an house{H1004} of sacrifice{H2077}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon in the nighte season, and sayde vnto him: I haue herde thy prayer and chosen this place vnto my selfe for an house of sacrifyce.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Lord appeared to Salomon by night and said to him, I haue heard thy prayer, and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the Lorde appeared to Solomon by night, and sayd to him: I haue heard thy petition, and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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 an house of sacrifice.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Jehovah appeareth unto Solomon by night, and saith to him, `I have heard thy prayer, and have fixed on this place to Me for a house of sacrifice.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Jehovah 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Jehovah 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:“I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then to the place the Lord your God chooses for His name to dwell, you shall bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, and all the choice offerings you have vowed to the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 9:2 : 2 the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, just as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
  • 2 Kgs 2:6 : 6 Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of My people: This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 1:7 : 7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts and listen with Your ear.
  • Ps 66:19 : 19 But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. 69 He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that He established forever.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: 14 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.
  • 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we already have what we have asked of Him.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless."
  • Deut 12:5-6 : 5 Instead, seek the place that the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put His name and make His presence dwell, and go there. 6 Bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, what you have vowed to give, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

    7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

    8 Solomon replied to God, "You have shown great lovingkindness to my father David and have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

    2 the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, just as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

    3 The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    79%

    1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 3:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most prominent high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

    5 At Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream during the night, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

    6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day."

  • 2 Chr 7:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

    16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

    12 Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

  • Acts 7:47
    77%

    47 But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 1 Chr 28:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 Of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD’s kingdom over Israel.

    6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    77%

    27 For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12 Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'

    13 I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'

    2 And I have built a lofty house for You, a place for You to dwell forever.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    76%

    11 So Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he successfully accomplished everything he had planned to do for the house of the LORD and for his own house.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    75%

    7 He placed the carved Asherah image he had made in the house about which the LORD had 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, I will put My name forever.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
    75%

    12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had constructed in front of the portico.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    75%

    1 Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    75%

    1 Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    74%

    7 Manasseh took a carved idol that he had made and placed it in the temple of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, 'In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.'

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    74%

    7 Solomon also consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat portions.

  • 1 Kgs 8:29
    74%

    29 'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You said, “My name shall be there,” to hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.'

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    74%

    1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, the one chosen by God, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great because this temple is not for man but for the LORD God."

  • 2 Sam 7:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,

    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    74%

    15 Then Solomon awoke, and it was a dream. He came to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

  • 2 Chr 6:20
    74%

    20 'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, to listen to the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.

  • 2 Chr 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

    5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    73%

    7 In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

    7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    73%

    22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    73%

    5 Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 7:13
    72%

    13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,

  • 1 Kgs 8:44
    72%

    44 When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    72%

    4 The house I am building will be large because our God is greater than all gods.

  • 2 Chr 6:34
    72%

    34 When Your people go out to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house I have built for Your name,

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    72%

    27 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    72%

    25 You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    72%

    2 However, the people were still sacrificing on the high places because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.