Discovery Box| (0.38) | 2Ki 22:9 |
| Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, 1 “Your servants melted down the silver in the temple 2 and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple.” |
| (0.38) | 2Ki 23:15 |
| He also tore down the altar in Bethel 1 at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. 2 He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole. 3 |
| (0.38) | 2Ki 23:17 |
| He asked, “What is this grave marker I see?” The men from the city replied, “It’s the grave of the prophet 1 who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.” |
| (0.38) | 2Ki 24:13 |
| Nebuchadnezzar 1 took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple, just as the Lord had warned. |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 4:10 |
| Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only 1 you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” 2 God answered his prayer. 3 |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 18:8 |
| From Tibhath 1 and Kun, 2 Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” 3 the pillars, and other bronze items. |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 20:3 |
| He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. 1 This was his policy 2 with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 21:8 |
| David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 21:17 |
| David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! 1 As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, 2 but remove the plague from your people!” 3 |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 21:23 |
| Ornan told David, “You can have it! 1 My master, the king, may do what he wants. 2 Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.” |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 22:8 |
| But the Lord said to me: 1 ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, 2 for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me. |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 22:13 |
| Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. 1 Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 2 |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 23:24 |
| These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. 1 |
| (0.38) | 1Ch 28:20 |
| David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 1 For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished. |
| (0.38) | 2Ch 1:3 |
| Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center 1 in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God 2 was located there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness. |
| (0.38) | 2Ch 2:3 |
| Solomon sent a message to King Huram 1 of Tyre: 2 “Help me 3 as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs 4 for the construction of his palace. 5 |
| (0.38) | 2Ch 2:7 |
| “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem 1 and Judah, whom my father David provided. |
| (0.38) | 2Ch 2:12 |
| Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 1 |
| (0.38) | 2Ch 3:8 |
| He made the most holy place; 1 its length was 30 feet, 2 corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. 3 He plated it with 600 talents 4 of fine gold. |
| (0.38) | 2Ch 4:2 |
| He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” 1 It measured 15 feet 2 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet 3 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 4 |
