Discovery Box| (0.42) | 2Ch 3:1 |
| Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 1 on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan 2 the Jebusite. |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 3:4 |
| The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, 1 and its height was 30 feet. 2 He plated the inside with pure gold. |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 3:15 |
| In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length 1 of 52½ feet, 2 with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. 3 |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 3:17 |
| He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. 1 He named the one on the right Jachin, 2 and the one on the left Boaz. 3 |
| (0.42) | 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 |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 4:3 |
| Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches 1 all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 5:1 |
| When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple. |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 5:9 |
| The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 1 They have remained there to this very day. |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 6:14 |
| and prayed: 1 “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty 2 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 3 |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 6:24 |
| “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 1 because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 2 and pray for your help 3 before you in this temple, |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 6:41 |
| Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! 1 May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give! 2 |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 8:6 |
| and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, 1 and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 2 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, 3 Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 4 |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 9:11 |
| With the timber the king made steps 1 for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments 2 for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. 3 ) |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 9:16 |
| He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures 1 of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 2 |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 11:23 |
| He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. 1 He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. 2 |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 12:15 |
| The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded 1 in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that include genealogical records. |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 15:16 |
| King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother 1 from her position as queen mother 2 because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley. |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 16:1 |
| In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. 1 |
| (0.42) | 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. |
| (0.42) | 2Ch 16:12 |
| In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. 1 Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 2 |
