16). This news would be a delight to Solomon. It signaled the answer to his prayer. First, the place of choosing. “This place … sanctified this house” (2 Chronicles 7:12, 16). This refers to the Temple. It has been especially set apart (“sanctified”) by God for Divine honor. Second, the purpose in choosing. “To myself for an house of sacrifice … that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually” (2 Chronicles 7:12, 16). The purpose in the choosing was to
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