Category Archives: II Chronicles

Solomon Requests Wisdom 1 NowSolomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, andtheLordhis Godwaswith him andexalted him exceedingly. 2 And Solomon spoke to all Israel, tothe captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’houses. 3 Then Solomon, and all the […]

Solomon Prepares to Build the Temple 1 Then Solomondetermined to build a temple for the name of theLord, and a royal house for himself. 2 Solomon selected seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand to quarrystonein the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them. 3 Then Solomon sent to Hiram king of […]

Solomon Builds the Temple 1 NowSolomon began to build the house of theLordatJerusalem on Mount Moriah, wheretheLordhad appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor ofOrnan the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build on the seconddayof the second month in the fourth year of his reign. […]

Furnishings of the Temple 1 Moreover he madea bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height. 2 Then he made the Sea of castbronze,ten cubits from one brim to the other;itwascompletely round. Its heightwasfive cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 3 And under […]

1 Soall the work that Solomon had done for the house of theLordwas finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he putthemin the treasuries of the house of God. The Ark Brought into the Temple 2 Now Solomon assembled […]

1 ThenSolomon spoke: # “TheLordsaid He would dwell in thedark cloud. 2 I have surely built You an exalted house, # Anda place for You to dwell in forever.” Solomon’s Speech upon Completion of the Work 3 Then the king turned around andblessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was […]

Solomon Dedicates the Temple 1 WhenSolomon had finished praying,fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; andthe glory of theLordfilled the temple. 2 And the priests could not enter the house of theLord, because the glory of theLordhad filled theLord’s house. 3 When all the children of Israel saw how […]

Solomon’s Additional Achievements 1 Itcame to pass at the end oftwenty years, when Solomon had built the house of theLordand his own house, 2 that the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them; and he settled the children of Israel there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. 4 […]

The Queen of Sheba’s Praise of Solomon 1 Nowwhen the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions,havinga very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that […]

The Revolt Against Rehoboam 1 AndRehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. 2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heardit(he was in Egypt,where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), that Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3 Then they sent for him and […]