2 Chronicles 7:16
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For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.

have I chosen

Deuteronomy 12:21 And if the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name should be there, be far off, thou shalt kill of thy herds and of thy flocks, as I have commanded thee, and shalt eat in thy towns, as it pleaseth thee.

Deuteronomy 16:11 And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger and the fatherless, and the widow, who abide with you: in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there:

1 Kings 8:16,44,48 Since the day that I brought my people Israel, out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel. . . .

Psalm 132:14 This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.

Zechariah 3:2 And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan: and the Lord that chose Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

my name

2 Chronicles 6:5,6,20 From the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built in it to my name: neither chose I any other man, to be the ruler of my people Israel. . . .

2 Chronicles 33:4-7 He built also altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. . . .

1 Kings 8:35 If heaven shall be shut up, and there shall be no rain, because of their sins, and they, praying in this place, shall do penance to thy name, and shall be converted from their sins, by occasion of their afflictions:

1 Kings 9:3 And the Lord said to him: I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made before me: I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes, and my heart, shall be there always.

2 Kings 21:4,7,8 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name. . . .

eyes

2 Chronicles 7:15 My eyes also shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of him that shall pray in this place.

Matthew 3:17 And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple; and in three days I will raise it up. . . .

Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally.

Context
The LORD's Response to Solomon
15My eyes also shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of him that shall pray in this place. 16For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.17And as for thee, if thou walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my justices and my judgments:…
Cross References
2 Kings 21:7
He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord: concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:12
And the Lord appeared to him by night, and said: I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 7:17
And as for thee, if thou walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my justices and my judgments:

2 Chronicles 33:4
He built also altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

2 Chronicles 33:7
He set also a graven, and a molten statue 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 out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever.

Lexicon
For I have now chosen
בָּחַ֤רְתִּי (bā·ḥar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 977: To try, select

and consecrated
וְהִקְדַּ֙שְׁתִּי֙ (wə·hiq·daš·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

house
הַבַּ֣יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

so that My Name
שְׁמִ֥י (šə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

may be
לִהְיוֹת־ (lih·yō·wṯ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

forever.
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

My eyes
עֵינַ֧י (‘ê·nay)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and My heart
וְלִבִּ֛י (wə·lib·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

will be
וְהָי֨וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

for all time.
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every


Additional Translations
For I have now chosen and consecrated this house so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

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.

And now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name should be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.

for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.
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