2 Chronicles 7:12
7:12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered 1 your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. 2
2 Chronicles 7:16
7:16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; 3 I will be constantly present there. 4
1 tn Heb “I have heard.”
2 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the Lord designated the temple as the place for making sacrifices, and this has been clarified in the translation.
3 tn Heb “for my name to be there perpetually [or perhaps, “forever”].”
4 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”