2 Chronicles

Rehoboam mobilizes the troopsverse 1

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem

he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an

      hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men

                  which were warriors – to fight against Israel

                              that he might bring the kingdom

again to Rehoboam

LORD tells him not to fight Israelverses 2-4

BUT the word of the … Read More

Jeroboam confronts Rehoboamverses 1-4

 And Rehoboam went to Shechem

for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king

And it came to pass – when Jeroboam the son of Nebat

who was in Egypt

whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king

                        heard it – that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt

                                    and they sent … Read More

Queen of Sheba impressedverses 1-6

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon

she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem

      with a very great company – and camels that bare

spices – gold in abundance – precious stones

                                                and when she was come to Solomon

                                                            she communed with him of all that … Read More

Solomon builds townsverses 1-2

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years

wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD

and his own house

that the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon

Solomon built them

and caused the children of Israel to dwell there

Solomon fortifies his kingdomverses 3-6

Solomon went to Hamath-zobah … Read More

Israelites worship in presence of the LORDverses 1-3

Now when Solomon had made an end of PRAYING

the FIRE came down from heaven

      and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices

                  and the GLORY of the LORD FILLED the house

And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD

BECAUSE the GLORY of the LORD

had … Read More

Solomon prays to the LORDverses 1-2

Then said Solomon

        The LORD has said that HE would dwell in the thick darkness

BUT I have built an house of habitation for YOU

      and a place for YOUR dwelling for ever

Solomon blesses whole congregationverses 3-6

And the king turned his face

and blessed the whole congregation of Israel

and … Read More

Solomon fills treasury of Templeverse 1

Thus all the work that Solomon made

for the house of the LORD was finished

And Solomon brought in all the things that David his father

had dedicated and the silver – gold – all the instruments

      put he among the treasures of the house of God

Ark of the Covenant brought to … Read More

Solomon made an altar of brassverse 1

Moreover he made an altar of brass – twenty cubits the length thereof

twenty cubits the breadth thereof  – ten cubits the height thereof

Solomon made a molten seaverses 2-5

Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim

round in compass five cubits the height thereof… Read More

Temple built on Mount Moriahverses 1-2

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in

mount Moriah – where the LORD appeared unto David his father

      in the place that David had prepared in the

                  threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite

And he began to build in the second day of the second month

in the … Read More

Solomon’s work forceverses 1-2

And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD

and a house for his kingdom

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens

and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain

      and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them

Solomon asks Huram for help and supplies… Read More