2 Chronicles 7:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Chronicles 7:16

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Chronicles 7

¹⁴ and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

¹⁵ Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

¹⁶ For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

¹⁷ And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

¹⁸ then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

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