In 2 Chronicles 7:15, God's attentive eyes and ears to prayer in this place immediately precedes the promise of His permanent presence.

2 Chronicles 7:12 begins God's announcement of choosing this place; the present verse elaborates on His permanent presence there.

2 Chronicles 6:5 states God chose no city before; here in the same narrative God says He has now chosen and sanctified this house.

2 Chronicles 6:6 says God has chosen Jerusalem for His name — this verse directly fulfills that choice by sanctifying the temple.

2 Chronicles 6:20 asks God to keep His eyes open on this house; in this verse God answers that His eyes and heart will be there perpetually.

2 Chronicles 33:4-7 recalls God's statement 'In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever' as Manasseh defiles the temple — a later reference to this same declaration.

1 Kings 8:16 records Solomon's reminder that God had not chosen a city before; here God declares He has now chosen this temple.

In John 2:19-21, Jesus calls His body the true temple, fulfilling the OT pattern of God dwelling among His people.

In 1 Kings 9:3, God's identical promise to Solomon confirms the same consecration of the temple for His name forever.

In 2 Kings 21:4, Manasseh builds altars in the temple where God said His name would be, defiling this consecrated place.

In 2 Kings 21:7, the same promise that God would put His name forever in the temple is cited, now defiled by an Asherah image.

Psalm 132:14 declares God will dwell in Zion forever — directly echoing God's promise that His name and presence will be in this house perpetually.

In 1 Kings 8:29, Solomon prays for God's eyes to be open to this temple, the very request God answers in 2 Chronicles 7:16.

Ezra 6:12 echoes God's promise that His name dwells in the temple, reinforcing its sanctity in a later decree.

In Colossians 2:9, all fullness of God dwells in Christ bodily, paralleling the temple as God's dwelling place on earth.

In Exodus 20:24, God promises to meet His people where He puts His name, a precursor to the temple as His chosen dwelling.

Haggai 1:8 calls for rebuilding the temple so God may take pleasure in it — recalling His earlier choice of that house.

1 Kings 8:44 mentions the city God has chosen as the direction of prayer; this verse confirms that choice.

Deuteronomy 12:21 refers to the place God will choose for His name — the same concept of a chosen sanctuary that God here consecrates.