Deuteronomy 12:11

11then to athe place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, byour tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.

1 Kings 8:29

29 cthat your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, d‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.

1 Kings 9:3

3And 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, eby putting my name there forever. fMy eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

2 Chronicles 6:6

6 gbut I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, hand I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 7:16

16 iFor 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.

2 Chronicles 32:19

19And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

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