2 Chronicles 7:12

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.

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  • Deut 12:11 : 11 When there shalbe a place which the Lord your God shall chose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall yee bring all that I commaund you: your burnt offrings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offring of your hands, and all your speciall vowes which ye vowe vnto the Lord:
  • 1 Kgs 9:2 : 2 Then the Lorde appeared vnto Salomon the second time, as he appeared vnto him at Gibeon.
  • 2 Kgs 2:6 : 6 Moreouer Eliiah saide vnto him, Tarie, I pray thee, here: for the Lorde hath sent me to Iorden. But he saide, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they went both together.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 Turne againe, and tell Hezekiah the captaine of my people, Thus saith the Lorde God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I haue healed thee, and ye third day thou shalt go vp to ye house of ye Lord,
  • 2 Chr 1:7 : 7 The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.
  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For I haue nowe chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes & mine heart shalbe there perpetually.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 Lorde, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
  • Ps 66:19 : 19 But God hath heard me, & considered the voyce of my prayer.
  • Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Iudah, and mount Zion which he loued. 69 And he built his Sanctuarie as an high palace, like the earth, which he stablished for euer.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loued to dwell in it, saying, 14 This is my rest for euer: here will I dwell, for I haue a delite therein.
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the Angel saide vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wise Elisabet shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 And sayd, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine almes are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
  • 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is that assurance, that we haue in him, that if we aske any thing according to his will, he heareth vs. 15 And if we know that he heareth vs, whatsoeuer we aske, we know that we haue the petitions, that we haue desired of him.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninetie yeere olde and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. walke before me, and be thou vpright,
  • Deut 12:5-6 : 5 But ye shal seeke the place which the Lord your God shall chose out of all your tribes, to put his Name there, and there to dwell, and thither thou shalt come, 6 And ye shall bring thither your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offring of your hands, and your vowes, and your free offrings, and the first borne of your kine and of your sheepe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

    7 The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.

    8 And Salomon sayde vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to reigne in his stead.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 When Salomon had finished the building of the house of ye Lorde, & the kings palace, & all that Salomon desired and minded to do,

    2 Then the Lorde appeared vnto Salomon the second time, as he appeared vnto him at Gibeon.

    3 And the Lord sayd vnto him, I haue heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I haue halowed this house (which thou hast built) to put my Name there for euer, and mine eyes, and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    79%

    1 And when Salomon had made an ende of praying, fire came downe from heauen, and consumed the burnt offring and the sacrifices: and the glory of the Lord filled the house,

  • 1 Kgs 3:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 And the King went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the chiefe hie place: a thousand burnt offrings did Salomon offer vpo that altar.

    5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shal giue thee.

    6 And Salomon sayd, Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie, when hee walked before thee in trueth, and in righteonsnes, & in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercie, and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day.

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

    15 Then mine eies shalbe open & mine eares attent vnto the prayer made in this place.

    16 For I haue nowe chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes & mine heart shalbe there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
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    78%

    11 And the worde of the Lord came to Salomon, saying,

    12 Cocerning this house which thou buildest, if thou wilt walke in mine ordinances, & execute my iudgements, & keepe al my commadements, to walke in them, then will I performe vnto thee my promes, which I promised to Dauid thy father.

  • Acts 7:47
    77%

    47 But Solomon built him an house.

  • 1 Chr 28:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 So of all my sonnes (for the Lord hath giuen me many sonnes) he hath euen chosen Salomon my sonne to sit vpo the throne of the kingdome of the Lord ouer Israel.

    6 And he sayd vnto me, Salomon thy sonne, he shall build mine house and my courtes: for I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I will be his father.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    77%

    27 For thou, O Lord of hostes, God of Israel, hast reueiled vnto thy seruant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy seruant bene bold to pray this prayer vnto thee.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 Then he called Salomon his sonne, and charged him to builde an house for the Lorde God of Israel.

    7 And Dauid said to Salomon, My sonne, I purposed with my selfe to builde an house to the Name of the Lorde my God,

  • 1 Kgs 8:12-13
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    76%

    12 Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude.

    13 I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abide in for euer.

  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Then Salomon sayd, The Lord hath sayde that he would dwell in the darke cloude:

    2 And I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to dwell in for euer.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    76%

    11 So Salomon finished the house of the Lorde, and the Kings house, and all that came into Salomons heart to make in the house of the Lorde: and he prospered in his house.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10 Take heede now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to buylde the house of the Sanctuarie: be strong therefore, and doe it.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    75%

    7 And he set the image of the groue, that he had made, in the house, whereof ye Lord had saide to Dauid & to Salomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
    75%

    12 Then Salomon offered burnt offrings vnto the Lord, on the altar of the Lorde, which he had built before the porche,

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    75%

    1 Then Salomon determined to builde an house for the Name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    75%

    1 So Salomon began to buyld the house of the Lord in Ierusalem, in mount Moriah which had bene declared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    74%

    7 He put also the carued image, which he had made, in the house of God: whereof God had said to Dauid and to Salomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer,

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    74%

    7 Moreouer Salomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there hee had prepared burnt offerings, and the fatte of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Salomon had made, was not able to receiue the burnt offering, and the meate offring, and the fat.

  • 1 Kgs 8:29
    74%

    29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shalbe there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    74%

    1 Moreouer Dauid the King sayde vnto all the Congregation, God hath chosen Salomon mine onely sonne yong and tender, and the worke is great: for this house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

  • 2 Sam 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan, saying,

    5 Goe and tell my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord, Shalt thou buylde me an house for my dwelling?

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    74%

    15 And when Salomon awoke, behold, it was a dreame, and he came to Ierusalem, and stoode before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, and offred burnt offrings and made peace offrings, and made a feast to all his seruants.

  • 2 Chr 6:20
    74%

    20 That thine eyes may be open toward this house day & night, euen toward the place, whereof thou hast sayde, that thou wouldest put thy Name there, that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer, which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

  • 2 Chr 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Then the King and all the people offred sacrifices before the Lord.

    5 And King Salomon offered a sacrifice of two and twentie thousand bullockes, and an hundreth and twentie thousand sheepe. so the King and all the people dedicated the house of God.

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    73%

    7 In al the places wherein I haue walked with all the children of Israel, spake I one worde with any of the tribes of Israel when I commaunded the iudges to feede my people Israel? or sayde I, Why build ye not me an house of cedar trees?

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

    7 And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to builde an house vnto the Name of the Lord God of Israel,

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    73%

    22 Then Salomon stoode before the altar of the Lorde in the sight of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his handes towarde heauen,

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    73%

    5 And beholde, I purpose to build an house vnto ye Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying, Thy sonne, whom I wil set vpon thy throne for thee, he shal build an house vnto my Name.

  • 2 Chr 7:13
    72%

    13 If I shut the heauen that there be no raine, or if I commaunde the grashopper to deuoure the lande, or if I sende pestilence among my people,

  • 1 Kgs 8:44
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    44 When thy people shall go out to battell against their enemie by the way that thou shalt sende them, and shall pray vnto the Lorde towarde the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name,

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    72%

    4 Behold, I buylde an house vnto the Name of the Lord my God, to sanctifie it vnto him, and to burne sweete incense before him, and for the continuall shewbread, and for the burnt offrings of the morning and euening, on the Sabbath dayes, and in the new moneths, & in the solemne feastes of the Lorde our God: this is a perpetuall thing for Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:34
    72%

    34 When thy people shall goe out to battell against their enemies, by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray to thee, in the way towarde this citie, which thou hast chosen, euen toward the house which I haue built to thy Name,

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    72%

    27 Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    72%

    25 For thou, O my God, hast reueiled vnto the eare of thy seruant, that thou wilt builde him an house: therefore thy seruant hath bene bolde to pray before thee.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    72%

    2 Only the people sacrificed in the hie places, because there was no house buylt vnto the name of the Lord, vntill those dayes.