2 Chronicles 7:12

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.

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  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
  • 1 Kgs 9:2 : 2 the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
  • 2 Kgs 2:6 : 6 Elijah said to him,“Stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan.” But he replied,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they traveled on together.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people:‘This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David has said:“I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the LORD’s temple.
  • 2 Chr 1:7 : 7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him,“Tell me what I should give you.”
  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.
  • Ps 66:19 : 19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
  • Ps 78:68-69 : 68 He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves. 69 He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. 14 He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.
  • 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Deut 12:5-6 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there. 6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, 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,“Tell me what I should give you.”

    8 Solomon replied to God,“You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

    2 the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

    3 The LORD said to him,“I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    79%

    1 Solomon Dedicates the Temple When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the LORD’s splendor filled the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 3:4-6
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    79%

    4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

    5 One night in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said,“Tell me what I should give you.”

    6 Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

  • 2 Chr 7:15-16
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    78%

    15 Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

    16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

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

    11 The LORD’s message came to Solomon:

    12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

  • Acts 7:47
    77%

    47 But Solomon built a house for him.

  • 1 Chr 28:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 From all the many sons the LORD has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.

    6 He said to me,‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    77%

    27 for you, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, have told your servant,‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the LORD God of Israel.

    7 David said to Solomon:“My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God.

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

    12 Then Solomon said,“The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.

    13 O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Then Solomon said,“The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.

    2 O LORD, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    76%

    11 The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    75%

    10 Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    75%

    7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
    75%

    12 Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the temple’s porch.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    75%

    1 Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    75%

    1 The Building of the Temple Solomon began building the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    74%

    7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    74%

    7 Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the LORD’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.

  • 1 Kgs 8:29
    74%

    29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    74%

    1 The People Contribute to the Project King David said to the entire assembly:“My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 2 Sam 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 That night the LORD’s message came to Nathan,

    5 “Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    74%

    15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

  • 2 Chr 6:20
    74%

    20 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.

  • 2 Chr 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 The king and all the people were presenting sacrifices to the LORD.

    5 King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    73%

    7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,“Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

    7 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    73%

    22 Solomon Prays for Israel Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    73%

    5 So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’

  • 2 Chr 7:13
    72%

    13 When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people,

  • 1 Kgs 8:44
    72%

    44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the LORD toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    72%

    4 Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the LORD our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.

  • 2 Chr 6:34
    72%

    34 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    72%

    27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    72%

    2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.

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