2 Chronicles 7:12

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD:
  • 1 Kgs 9:2 : 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
  • 2 Kgs 2:6 : 6 And Elijah said to him, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they both went on.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 1:7 : 7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,
  • Ps 66:19 : 19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling. 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, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God.
  • 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that 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 have the petitions that we desired of Him.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
  • Deut 12:5-6 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come: 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:

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  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
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    83%

    7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.

    8 And Solomon said to God, You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 And it happened, when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires which he was pleased to do,

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

    3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    79%

    1 Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

  • 1 Kgs 3:4-6
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    4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

    5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what I shall give you.

    6 And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • 2 Chr 7:15-16
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    78%

    15 Now My eyes shall be open, and My ears attentive to the prayer made in this place.

    16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
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    11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

    12 As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:

  • Acts 7:47
    77%

    47 But Solomon built Him a house.

  • 1 Chr 28:5-6
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    77%

    5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

    6 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall 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, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
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    6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:12-13
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    12 Then Solomon spoke: The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

    13 I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
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    1 Then Solomon said, The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

    2 But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    76%

    11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king's house; and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously accomplished.

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    10 Take heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

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    7 And he set up the carved image of the Asherah he had made, 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 tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever:'

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    12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

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    1 And Solomon resolved to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
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    1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    74%

    7 And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'

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    7 Moreover Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was not able to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat.

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    74%

    29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
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    1 Furthermore, King David said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 2 Sam 7:4-5
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    4 And it happened that night, that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

    5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

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    15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

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    20 That your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.

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

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    73%

    7 In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
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    22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5 And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

  • 2 Chr 7:13
    72%

    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;

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    44 If your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever you shall send them, and shall pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name:

  • 2 Chr 2:4
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    4 Behold, I build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn sweet incense before him, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

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    34 If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

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    27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?

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    25 For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you.

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    2 But the people sacrificed at high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.