Verse 12
2 Chronicles 7:12
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּרָ֧א יְהוָ֛ה אֶל שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בַּ/לָּ֑יְלָה וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֶת תְּפִלָּתֶ֔/ךָ וּ/בָחַ֜רְתִּי בַּ/מָּק֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֛ה לִ֖/י לְ/בֵ֥ית זָֽבַח
English Translation
And the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice."
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt...
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And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehov...
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3
And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon...
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4
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.
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5
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thous...
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6
And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jeh...
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7
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he...
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8
So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, f...
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9
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven d...
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10
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, jo...
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11
Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s h...
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12
And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chose...
13
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or...
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14
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and tu...
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15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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16
For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there forever; and mine eyes and...
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17
And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all tha...
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18
then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, sa...
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19
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and sh...
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then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which...
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21
And this house, which is so high, everyone that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Wh...
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And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of their fathers, who brought...
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