Verse 12
2 Chronicles 7:12
Literal Standard Version
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And YHWH appears to Solomon by night and says to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have fixed on this place for 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
And at Solomon’s finishing to pray, then the fire has come down from the heavens and consumes the bu...
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and the priests have not been able to go into the house of YHWH, because the glory of YHWH has fille...
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3
And all the sons of Israel are looking on the descending of the fire, and the glory of YHWH on the h...
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4
And the king and all the people are sacrificing a sacrifice before YHWH,
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5
and King Solomon sacrifices the sacrifice: twenty-two thousand of the herd and one hundred and twent...
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6
And the priests are standing over their charges, and the Levites with instruments of the song of YHW...
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7
And Solomon sanctifies the middle of the court that is before the house of YHWH, for he has made the...
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8
And Solomon makes the celebration at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a very great...
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9
And they make a restraint on the eighth day, because they have made the dedication of the altar for...
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10
And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he has sent the people to their tents, rejoicing, a...
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11
And Solomon finishes the house of YHWH, and the house of the king; and all that has come on the hear...
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12
And YHWH appears to Solomon by night and says to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have fixed on t...
13
If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the lan...
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14
and My people on whom My Name is called are humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from...
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15
Now My eyes are open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place;
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16
and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My Name being there for all time; indeed, My ey...
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17
And you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have...
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18
then I have established the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with your father David, saying,...
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19
and if you turn back—you—and have forsaken My statutes and My commands that I have placed before you...
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20
and this house that I have sanctified for My Name, I cast from before My face, and make it for a pro...
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21
And this house that has been high is an astonishment to everyone passing by it, and he has said, Why...
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And they have said, Because that they have forsaken YHWH, God (Elohim) of their fathers, who brought...
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