Text: 2 Chronicles 7:12
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 12:11
Subject: Temple worship and sacrificial system
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: God's response to Solomon declares "I have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice" (bacharti li et-hammaqom hazzeh le-veit zavach, 2 Chr 7:12), directly fulfilling Deuteronomy 12:11's promise that "the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name." The divine declaration uses the verb bachar ("choose") to confirm Jerusalem's temple as the specific location Deuteronomy anticipated. For the Chronicler's post-exilic audience, this divine ratification of the temple site—delivered not by a human prophet but by God Himself—provides the strongest possible authorization for rebuilding on the same location.