2 Chronicles 20:8
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And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:

built thee

2 Chronicles 2:4 So do with me that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and the solemnities of the Lord our God for ever, which are commanded for Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:10 The Lord therefore hath accomplished his word which he spoke: and I am risen up in the place of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

Context
Jehoshaphat's Prayer
7Didst not thou our God kill all the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:9If evils fall upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in thy presence before this house, in which thy name is called upon: and we will cry to thee in our afflictions, and thou wilt hear, and save us.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:7
Didst not thou our God kill all the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

2 Chronicles 20:9
If evils fall upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in thy presence before this house, in which thy name is called upon: and we will cry to thee in our afflictions, and thou wilt hear, and save us.

Lexicon
They have lived
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־ (way·yê·šə·ḇū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the land
בָ֑הּ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and have built
וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (way·yiḇ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

in it
בָּ֛הּ (bāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

a sanctuary
מִקְדָּ֖שׁ (miq·dāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum

for Your Name,
לְשִׁמְךָ֥ (lə·šim·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

saying,
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,And they dwelled therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying,

And they have dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

And they dwelt in it, and have built thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying,

They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,
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