Category Archives: 2 CHRONICLES

Solomon Worships at Gibeon 1 Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the Lordhis God was with him and made him exceedingly great. 2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads […]

Solomon Will Build a Temple and Palace 1 Now Solomon decided to build a house (temple) for the Name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself. 2 So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains, and 3,600 to supervise them. 3 Then Solomon sentwordtoHiram king […]

The Temple Construction in Jerusalem 1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lordin Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lordappeared to his father David, in the place that David had prepared, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 Solomon began to build on the second day of the second month […]

Furnishings of the Temple 1 Then Solomon made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height. 2 He also made the Sea [that is, the large basin used for ceremonial washing] of cast metal, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and five cubits […]

The Ark Is Brought into the Temple 1 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lordwas finished. He brought in the things that his father David had dedicated, and he put the silver and the gold and all the utensils in the treasuries of the house of God. 2 Then […]

Solomon’s Dedication 1 Then Solomon said, “The Lordhas said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. 2 “I have built You a lofty house, A place for You to dwell forever.” 3 Then the king turned around and blessed the entire assembly of Israel, while they were all standing. 4 And he said, “Blessed […]

The Shekinah Glory 1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the [Shekinah] gloryandbrilliance of the Lordfilled the house. 2 The priests could not enter the house of the Lordbecause the gloryandbrilliance of the Lordhad filled the Lord’shouse. 3 When all the people […]

Solomon’s Activities and Accomplishments 1 Now it came about at the end of the twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lordand his own house (palace), 2 that he builtandfortifiedthe cities which Huram (Hiram) had given to him, and settled the Israelites there. 3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured […]

Visit of the Queen of Sheba 1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with riddles. She was accompanied by a very large number of attendants, with camels bearing spices (balsam oil) and a large amount of gold and precious stones. And when she […]

Rehoboam’s Reign of Folly 1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heardabout the new king(for he was inEgypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3 And the people sentmessengersand summoned […]