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My eyes and my heart will always be there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So now I have chosen and set this house apart as holy that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For now I have chosen and sanctified <i>and</i> set apart for My purpose this house that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My name may be there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />because it belongs to me, and this is where I will be worshiped forever. I will never stop watching over it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I have chosen and declared this temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />because I have chosen it and consecrated it as the place where I will be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Furthermore, I have chosen and have set apart for myself this Temple, intending my name to reside there forever. My eyes and my heart will reside there every day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My Name being there for all time; indeed, My eyes and My heart have been there [for] all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And now I chose and I consecrated this house for my name to be there even to forever: and mine eyes and my heart were there all the days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For I have chosen and sanctified this place, so that my name may be there continually, and so that my eyes and my heart may remain there, for all days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart shall be there always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For now I have chosen this house for myself, that my glory may be in it for ever, and that my good works and my will shall be done in the midst of it perpetually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also now I have chosen for myself this house that my Shechinah presence may be in it for eternity, and my works shall be beautiful, and my desires are done within it all the days.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=1720" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">The LORD's Response to Solomon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive."></a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bā·ḥar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">For I have now chosen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: wə·hiq·daš·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">and consecrated</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">so that My Name</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ- (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">may be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">forever.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nay (N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">My eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: wə·lib·bî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">and My heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">for all time.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a></span><br />And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a></span><br />then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-13.htm">Psalm 132:13-14</a></span><br />For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: / “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a></span><br />May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a></span><br />I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-13.htm">Matthew 21:13</a></span><br />And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16</a></span><br />To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-43.htm">1 Kings 8:43</a></span><br />then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-52.htm">1 Kings 8:52</a></span><br />May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm">Isaiah 60:7</a></span><br />All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-10.htm">Jeremiah 7:10-11</a></span><br />and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Ezekiel 37:26-28</a></span><br />And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. / My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. / Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/2-10.htm">Zechariah 2:10-11</a></span><br />“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. / “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-20.htm">Matthew 18:20</a></span><br />For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-49</a></span><br />However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">have I chosen</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Deuteronomy 12:21</a></b></br> If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a></b></br> And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that <i>is</i> within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that <i>are</i> among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">1 Kings 8:16,44,48</a></b></br> Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel… </p><p class="hdg">my name</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">2 Chronicles 6:5,6,20</a></b></br> Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/33-4.htm">2 Chronicles 33:4-7</a></b></br> Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">1 Kings 8:35</a></b></br> When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:</p><p class="hdg">eyes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/7-15.htm">2 Chronicles 7:15</a></b></br> Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer <i>that is made</i> in this place.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a></b></br> And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a></b></br> Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/29-28.htm">Age</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-15.htm">Always</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-7.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-15.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-2.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-7.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-9.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">Perpetually</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-11.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">Age</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-7.htm">Always</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-1.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-8.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/49-9.htm">Perpetually</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-1.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-2.htm">and glory in the temple, the people worship him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-4.htm">Solomon's solemn sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The temple in Jerusalem, built by Solomon, was the central place of worship for the Israelites. The act of consecration signifies God's approval and presence. This echoes the dedication of the tabernacle in <a href="/exodus/40-9.htm">Exodus 40:9-10</a>, where Moses anointed and consecrated the tabernacle and its furnishings. The temple's consecration is a fulfillment of God's promise to David in <a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">1 Chronicles 17:11-12</a>, where God assures David that his son will build a house for His Name.<p><b>so that My Name may be there forever</b><br>The phrase emphasizes the enduring presence of God's Name, symbolizing His authority, character, and reputation. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a name represented the essence and power of a deity. God's Name being in the temple signifies His perpetual presence and covenant relationship with Israel. This is reminiscent of <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a>, where God instructs the Israelites to seek the place He will choose to put His Name. The temple becomes a focal point for worship and a symbol of God's eternal covenant with His people.<p><b>My eyes and My heart will be there for all time</b><br>This phrase conveys God's attentive care and love for His people. "My eyes" suggests God's watchfulness and protection, while "My heart" indicates His deep affection and commitment. This assurance of God's presence is a source of comfort and encouragement for the Israelites, affirming that God is not distant but intimately involved in their lives. The promise of God's eyes and heart being in the temple parallels the assurance given in <a href="/psalms/33-18.htm">Psalm 33:18</a>, where the Lord's eyes are on those who fear Him. It also foreshadows the New Testament revelation of God's presence through Jesus Christ, who embodies God's love and watchfulness, as seen in <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>, where the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who built the temple in Jerusalem, fulfilling his father David's vision.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, symbolizing God's presence among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_covenant.htm">God's Covenant</a></b><br>The promise God made to Solomon and Israel, affirming His presence and blessing upon obedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dedication_of_the_temple.htm">The Dedication of the Temple</a></b><br>A significant event where Solomon dedicated the temple to God, and God responded with His approval.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, who were to worship Him and follow His commandments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_choice_and_consecration.htm">God's Choice and Consecration</a></b><br>God chooses and sets apart places and people for His purposes. Just as He chose the temple, He chooses us to be His dwelling place today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_permanence_of_god's_presence.htm">The Permanence of God's Presence</a></b><br>God's promise to have His eyes and heart on the temple forever signifies His enduring commitment. We can trust in His constant presence in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_holiness.htm">The Importance of Holiness</a></b><br>The temple was consecrated, meaning it was made holy. As believers, we are called to live holy lives, set apart for God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>God's declaration to Solomon is a reminder of His faithfulness. We can rely on God's promises, knowing He is unchanging.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_worship.htm">The Role of Worship</a></b><br>The temple was a place of worship and prayer. Our lives should be centered around worship, acknowledging God's sovereignty and grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_'forever'_reconciled_with_the_temple's_destruction.htm">(2 Chronicles 7:16) How do we reconcile God’s statement that His Name would dwell in the temple “forever” with the destruction of that temple in subsequent history? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_house_dedication.htm">What does the Bible say about house dedication?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_jerusalem_called_'joy_of_the_earth'.htm">Psalm 48:2: How can Jerusalem be “the joy of the whole earth” if archaeological and historical records suggest it was often besieged and destroyed? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_chr_3_4__how_was_the_porch_120_cubits.htm">2 Chronicles 3:4 – How could the porch realistically be 120 cubits high when no known structures of that era matched such a height? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Have I chosen.</span>--<a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm" title="But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.">2Chronicles 6:6</a>, and <a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm" title="And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.">2Chronicles 7:12</a>, <span class= "ital">supr.</span><p><span class= "bld">Sanctified this house.</span>--<a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm" title="And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.">1Kings 9:3</a>. The two accounts are again parallel.<p><span class= "bld">Perpetually.</span>--<span class= "ital">All the days.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - This verse glances, as an answer to the contents, or spirit of the contents, of the second petition at <a href="/2_chronicles/6-18.htm">2 Chronicles 6:18-21</a>. The beautiful touching condescension in the wording of the last clause, <span class="cmt_word">Mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually</span>, will not escape notice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For I have now chosen</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּחַ֤רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḥar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and consecrated</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִקְדַּ֙שְׁתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiq·daš·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be set apart or consecrated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֣יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that My Name</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may be</span><br /><span class="heb">לִהְיוֹת־</span> <span class="translit">(lih·yō·wṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My eyes</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינַ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and My heart</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִבִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָי֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for all time.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 7:16 For now have I chosen and made (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>