11 then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. 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 offerings which you vow to the Lord.

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11 Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name(A)—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.(B)

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29 that Your eyes may be open toward this [a]temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, (A)‘My name shall be (B)there,’ that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes (C)toward this place.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:29 Lit. house

29 May your eyes be open(A) toward(B) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name(C) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

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And the Lord said to him: (A)“I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built (B)to put My name there forever, (C)and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

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The Lord said to him:

“I have heard(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(B) there forever. My eyes(C) and my heart will always be there.

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(A)Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I (B)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

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But now I have chosen Jerusalem(A) for my Name(B) to be there, and I have chosen David(C) to rule my people Israel.’

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16 For now (A)I have chosen and [a]sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and [b]My eyes and [c]My heart will be there perpetually.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:16 set apart
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:16 My attention
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:16 My concern

16 I have chosen(A) 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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