2 Kings 21:7

Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data

"And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And he

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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a

חָרַת

chârath

H2801

to engrave

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צֶלֶם

tselem

H6755

an idolatrous figure

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of the

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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that he had

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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in the

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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of which the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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to

דָּוִד

Dâvid

H1732

David, the youngest son of Jesse

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and to

שְׁלֹמֹה

Shᵉlômôh

H8010

Shelomah, David's successor

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his

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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In this

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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and in

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

H3389

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

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which I have

בָּחַר

bâchar

H977

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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out of all

שֵׁבֶט

shêbeṭ

H7626

a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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will I

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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my

שֵׁם

shêm

H8034

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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for

עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm

H5769

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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Key Terms in This Verse

grove H842

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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graven H2801

חָרַת chârath

to engrave

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image H6755

צֶלֶם tselem

an idolatrous figure

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tribes H7626

שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ

a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

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chosen H977

בָּחַר bâchar

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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Solomon H8010

שְׁלֹמֹה Shᵉlômôh

Shelomah, David's successor

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ever H5769

עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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Jerusalem H3389

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

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put H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:16 cross-reference

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.

1 Kings 8:29 cross-reference

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 mak...

1 Kings 9:3 cross-reference

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...

2 Samuel 7:13 cross-reference

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Nehemiah 1:9 cross-reference

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the...

2 Chronicles 7:20 cross-reference

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a ...

Deuteronomy 16:21 cross-reference

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

2 Chronicles 33:15 cross-reference

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 cit...

2 Kings 23:27 cross-reference

And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

2 Kings 23:6 cross-reference

And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon t...

2 Chronicles 33:7 cross-reference

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the t...

2 Kings 21:4 cross-reference

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

Jeremiah 32:34 cross-reference

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

2 Chronicles 7:12 cross-reference

And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

Psalm 74:2 cross-reference

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

1 Kings 8:44 cross-reference

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for ...

1 Kings 9:7 cross-reference

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all...

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