Discovery Box| (1.00) | 2Ch 7:20 |
| then I will remove you 1 from my land I have given you, 2 I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, 3 and I will make you 4 an object of mockery and ridicule 5 among all the nations. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 7:22 |
| Others will then answer, 1 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, 2 who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 3 That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’” |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 8:8 |
| Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 8:9 |
| Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; 1 the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. 2 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 8:10 |
| These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 8:13 |
| He observed the daily requirements for sacrifices that Moses had specified for Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual celebrations – the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Temporary Shelters. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 8:14 |
| As his father David had decreed, Solomon 1 appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, 2 and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. 3 This was what David the man of God had ordered. 4 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 8:16 |
| All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid until it was finished; the Lord’s temple was completed. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 9:4 |
| the food in his banquet hall, 1 his servants and attendants 2 in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, 3 she was amazed. 4 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 9:5 |
| She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight 1 was true! |
| (1.00) | 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. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 9:7 |
| Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 9:19 |
| There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 9:23 |
| All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 9:29 |
| The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded 1 in the Annals of Nathan the Prophet, the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and the Vision of Iddo the Seer pertaining to Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 10:4 |
| “Your father made us work too hard! 1 Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” 2 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 10:7 |
| They said to him, “If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.” 1 |
| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 10:15 |
| The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events 1 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 2 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 10:16 |
| When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! 1 Return to your homes, O Israel! 2 Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” 3 So all Israel returned to their homes. 4 |
