2 Chronicles 7:16

16 For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

2 Chronicles 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 7:16

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12).

2 Chronicles 7:16 In-Context

14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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

16 For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

17 And as for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my ordinances,

18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, 'There shall not fail you a man to rule Israel.'