Parallel Verses

King James Version

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

New American Standard Bible

He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

Holman Bible

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where Yahweh had said, “Jerusalem is where My name will remain forever.”

International Standard Version

He also built altars in the LORD's Temple, about which the LORD had spoken "My name will reside in Jerusalem forever."

A Conservative Version

And he built altars in the house of LORD, of which LORD said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

American Standard Version

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Amplified

He built [pagan] altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

Bible in Basic English

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

Darby Translation

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall be my name forever.

King James 2000

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, [of] which Yahweh had said, "In Jerusalem my name shall be forever."

Modern King James verseion

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he built altars in the house of the LORD: of which the LORD hath said, "In Jerusalem shall my name be forever."

NET Bible

He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my permanent home."

New Heart English Bible

He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."

The Emphasized Bible

and built altars in the house of Yahweh, - as to which Yahweh had said, In Jerusalem, shall be my Name, unto times age-abiding.

Webster

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

World English Bible

He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."

Youngs Literal Translation

And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, 'In Jerusalem is My name to the age.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Also he built
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

in the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the Lord

Usage: 0

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

shall my name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Reign Of Manasseh

3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.


Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:16

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.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

Deuteronomy 12:11

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

1 Kings 8:29

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

1 Kings 9:3

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

2 Kings 21:4-5

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

2 Chronicles 32:19

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

2 Chronicles 33:15

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

2 Chronicles 34:3-4

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Jeremiah 7:30

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

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