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2 Chronicles 7:16
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I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
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2 Chronicles 7:16 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
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For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
New Living Translation (NLT)
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For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
The Message Bible (MSG)
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Believe me, I've chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
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I have chosen and declared this temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
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And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My name may be there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
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I have chosen this temple. I have set it apart for myself. My Name will be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
2 Chronicles 7:16 Meaning and Commentary
2 Chronicles 7:16
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12).
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Chronicles 7:16 In-Context
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if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
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I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
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“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws,
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I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’
Cross References 1
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ver 12; S
Deuteronomy 12:5 ;2 Chronicles 33:7 ;2 Chronicles 6:6
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