II Kings 21:4
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Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
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May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.