2 Kings 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 Israel, will I put my name for ever:
KJV
Posuit quoque idolum luci quem fecerat, in templo Domini, super quod locutus est Dominus ad David, et ad Salomonem filium ejus : In templo hoc, et in Jerusalem quam elegi de cunctis tribubus Israël, ponam nomen meum in sempiternum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔθηκεν τὸ γλυπτὸν τοῦ ἄλσους ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ᾧ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς Δαυεὶδ καὶ πρὸς Σαλωμὼν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐξελεξάμην ἐκ πασῶν φυλῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ θήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
LXX
And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah 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, will I put my name for ever;
ASV
וַ/יָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת פֶּ֥סֶל הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּ/בַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל דָּוִד֙ וְ/אֶל שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנ֔/וֹ בַּ/בַּ֨יִת הַ/זֶּ֜ה וּ/בִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֨רְתִּי֙ מִ/כֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת שְׁמִ֖/י לְ/עוֹלָֽם
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 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
- 2Chr 7:12 — 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.
- 2Chr 7:16 — For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
- 2Chr 7:20 — Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a
- 2Chr 33:7 — And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the t
- 2Chr 33:15 — And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the cit
- 2Kgs 21:4 — And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
- 2Kgs 23:4 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal,
- 2Kgs 23:6 — And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon t
- 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 16:21 — Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
- Ezek 23:38 — Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
- 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 32:34 — But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
- Neh 1:9 — But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the
- Ps 132:13 — For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.