16 (A)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.

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16 I have chosen(A) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

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15 (A)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

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15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.(A)

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12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer (A)and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

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12 the Lord appeared(A) to him at night and said:

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen(B) this place for myself(C) as a temple for sacrifices.

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‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; (A)but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, (B)and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

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‘Since the day I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over my people Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem(A) for my Name(B) to be there, and I have chosen David(C) to rule my people Israel.’

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And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, (A)by putting my name there forever. (B)My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

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The Lord said to him:

“I have heard(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(B) there forever. My eyes(C) and my heart will always be there.

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20 (A)that your eyes may be open day and night toward this house, the place where you have promised to set your name, that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.

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20 May your eyes(A) be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name(B) there. May you hear(C) the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

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For (A)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (B)bodily,

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For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

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19 Jesus answered them, (A)“Destroy this temple, and in three days (B)I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,[a] and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about (C)the temple of his body.

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  1. John 2:20 Or This temple was built forty-six years ago

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”(A)

20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.(B)

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17 and behold, (A)a voice from heaven said, (B)“This is my beloved Son,[a] with whom I am well pleased.”

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  1. Matthew 3:17 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved

17 And a voice from heaven(A) said, “This is my Son,(B) whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”(C)

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And the Lord said to Satan, (A)“The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has (B)chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this (C)a brand[a] plucked from the fire?”

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  1. Zechariah 3:2 That is, a burning stick

The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you,(A) Satan! The Lord, who has chosen(B) Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick(C) snatched from the fire?”(D)

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14 “This is my (A)resting place forever;
    here I will (B)dwell, for I have desired it.

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14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;(A)
    here I will sit enthroned,(B) for I have desired it.

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And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (A)“In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.” And he built altars for all the host of heaven in (B)the two courts of the house of the Lord. (C)And he burned his sons as an offering (D)in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and (E)used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with (F)mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. And (G)the carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, (H)I will put my name forever,

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He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name(A) will remain in Jerusalem forever.” In both courts of the temple of the Lord,(B) he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his children(C) in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums(D) and spiritists.(E) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

He took the image he had made and put it in God’s temple,(F) of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

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And the carved image of (A)Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, (B)and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. (C)And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander anymore out of the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that my servant Moses commanded them.”

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He took the carved Asherah pole(A) he had made and put it in the temple,(B) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name(C) forever. I will not again(D) make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses(E) gave them.”

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