Discovery Box| (0.14) | 1Ch 23:28 |
| Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 1 |
| (0.14) | 1Ch 29:14 |
| “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? 1 Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. 2 |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 16:9 |
| Certainly 1 the Lord watches the whole earth carefully 2 and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. 3 You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 18:21 |
| He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 1 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 2 Go out and do as you have proposed.’ |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 20:2 |
| Messengers 1 arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, 2 from the direction of Edom. 3 Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).” |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 25:13 |
| Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle 1 raided 2 the cities of Judah from Samaria 3 to Beth Horon. They killed 4 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 26:15 |
| In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. 1 |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 28:18 |
| The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands 1 and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 29:25 |
| King Hezekiah 1 stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, 2 and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.) |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 30:18 |
| The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. 1 For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive 2 |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 30:22 |
| Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, 1 who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. 2 They feasted for the seven days of the festival, 3 and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 35:20 |
| After Josiah had done all this for the temple, 1 King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. 2 Josiah marched out to oppose him. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 36:13 |
| He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance 1 in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return 2 to the Lord God of Israel. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 36:14 |
| All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 1 They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. |
| (0.14) | Ezr 3:10 |
| When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, 1 and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by 2 King David of Israel. 3 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 5:11 |
| They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king 1 of Israel built it and completed it. |
| (0.14) | Ezr 6:9 |
| Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by 1 the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect, |
| (0.14) | Ezr 6:11 |
| “I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled 1 on it, and his house is to be reduced 2 to a rubbish heap 3 for this indiscretion. 4 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 9:11 |
| which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: 1 ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! 2 With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness. |
| (0.14) | Ezr 9:14 |
| Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant? |
