Discovery Box| (0.29) | 1Ch 28:2 |
| King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 1 I have made the preparations for building it. |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 2:2 |
| (2:1) Solomon had 1 70,000 common laborers 2 and 80,000 stonecutters 3 in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. 4 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 2:4 |
| Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor 1 the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, 2 and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis. 3 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 2:16 |
| we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon 1 and bring it 2 in raft-like bundles 3 by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.” |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 4:13 |
| the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar), |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 6:5 |
| He told David, 1 ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. 2 Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel. |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 6:10 |
| The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 6:18 |
| “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! 1 Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 6:27 |
| then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly 1 you will then teach them the right way to live 2 and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. 3 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 6:34 |
| “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 1 and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 2 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 7:6 |
| The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. 1 (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) 2 Opposite the Levites, 3 the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there. |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 7:10 |
| On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon 1 sent the people home. They left 2 happy and contented 3 because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel. |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 7:11 |
| After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 1 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 7:14 |
| if my people, who belong to me, 1 humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, 2 and repudiate their sinful practices, 3 then I will respond 4 from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 5 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 9:6 |
| I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 1 Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me. |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 10:9 |
| He asked them, “How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?” 1 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 10:10 |
| The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 1 had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ 2 – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 3 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 10:18 |
| King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, 1 the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 2 |
| (0.29) | 2Ch 12:9 |
| King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. |
