Cross references

2 Kings 21:7

Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

2 Kings 21:7 BSB

2 Kings 21:7 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Chronicles 7:16 (6 votes) and 2 Samuel 7:13 (4 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Deuteronomy 16 to Matthew 1.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 21:7 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 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.

  2. He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  6. Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

  7. Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”

  8. He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

  9. For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”

  10. then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

  11. He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

  12. 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.

  13. They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

  14. Psalm 74:22 votes
  15. But 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.

Which verses point to 2 Kings 21:7?

The 10 strongest of 28.