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2 Kings 21:4

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

KJV

Exstruxitque aras in domo Domini, de qua dixit Dominus : In Jerusalem ponam nomen meum.

Vulgate

καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν θυσιαστήριον ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ὡς εἶπεν Ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ θήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου.

LXX

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

ASV

וּ/בָנָ֥ה מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת בְּ/בֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת שְׁמִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:29 — That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall mak
  • 1Kgs 9:3 — And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes
  • 2Cor 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my p
  • 2Kgs 16:10 — And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, a
  • 2Kgs 21:7 — And he set a graven image of the grove that 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
  • 2Kgs 23:27 — And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
  • 2Sam 7:13 — He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
  • Deut 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
  • Ezek 23:38 — Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
  • Ezek 23:39 — For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
  • Jer 7:30 — For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
  • Jer 19:4 — Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled thi
  • Jer 32:31 — For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
  • Jer 32:34 — But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
  • Jer 32:34 — But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.