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Manasseh Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 21:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
KJV
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
WEB
He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”
ASV
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
LSV
And he has built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH said, “In Jerusalem I put My Name.”
YLT
And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, 'In Jerusalem I put My name.'
DBY
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
DRC
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name.
GNV
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, of the which the Lord saide, In Ierusalem will I put my Name.
JPS
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem will I put My name.'
LXXE
And he built an altar in the house of the Lord, whereas he had said, In Jerusalem I will place my name.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבָנָ֥ה מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήριον ἐν ὄκῳ Κυρίου, ὡς εἶπεν, ἐν Ἰερουσάλὴμ θήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου.

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👤 God📍 Jerusalem◆ Reign of Manasseh

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  • 1 Kings 8:29May 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.
  • Jeremiah 32:34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
  • 1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  • Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
  • 2 Kings 16:10–16Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. And Uriah the…
  • Psalms 132:13–14For 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.
  • Exodus 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and…
  • Psalms 78:68–69But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

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