2 Chronicles 3:1 Solomon began to build Yahveh’s house in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahveh had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 3:2 He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
2 Chronicles 3:3 These are Solomon’s foundations for building God’s house: According to the old standard, the length in cubits was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.
2 Chronicles 3:4 The portico, which was across the face extending across the width of the house, was twenty cubits wide; its height was twenty cubits; he overlaid its inner surface with pure[1] gold.
2 Chronicles 3:5 The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains.
2 Chronicles 3:6 He adorned the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid the house – the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and doors- with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
2 Chronicles 3:8 Then he made the most sacred[2] place; its length corresponded to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.
2 Chronicles 3:9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:10 He made two cherubim of sculptured work inside the most sacred place and overlaid them with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:11 The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was twenty cubits: the wing of one was five cubits, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
2 Chronicles 3:12 The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was five cubits, reaching the wing of the other cherub.
2 Chronicles 3:13 The wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.
2 Chronicles 3:14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn, and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.
2 Chronicles 3:15 In the face of the temple, he made two pillars, each thirty-five cubits high. The capital on top of each was five cubits high.
2 Chronicles 3:16 He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
2 Chronicles 3:17 Then he set up the pillars in face of the sanctuary, one on the right and one on the left. He named[3] the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz.
2 Chronicles 1:1 Solomon, son of David, strengthened[1] his hold on his kingdom. Yahveh[2] his God was with him and highly exalted him.
2 Chronicles 1:2 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains[3] of thousands and hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader[4] in all Israel – the family heads.
2 Chronicles 1:3 Solomon and the whole congregation[5] with him went to the high place in Gibeon because of God’s conference[6] tent, which Yahveh’s slave[7] Moses had made in the open country,[8] was there.
2 Chronicles 1:4 But[9] David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had set up for it because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,
2 Chronicles 1:5 but he put the bronze altar, which Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, in the face[10] of Yahveh’s tabernacle. Solomon and the congregation inquired of him there.
2 Chronicles 1:6 Solomon offered sacrifices on the bronze altar at the conference tent in Yahveh’s face, a thousand ascending[11] offerings.
2 Chronicles 1:7 That night, God appeared to Solomon and said to him: “Ask. What should I give you?”
2 Chronicles 1:8 And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great covenant faithfulness[12] to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.
2 Chronicles 1:9 Lord God, let your promise to my father David now come true. Because you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the land.[13]
2 Chronicles 1:10 Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of yours?”
2 Chronicles 1:11 God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart, and you have not requested riches, wealth, or an impressive appearance,[14] or for the throat[15] of those who hate you, and you have not even requested long life, but you have asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may judge my people over whom I have made you king,
2 Chronicles 1:12 wisdom and knowledge are given to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and an impressive appearance, unlike what was given to the kings who were before you or will be given to those after you.”
2 Chronicles 1:13 So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon, facing the conference tent, and reigned over Israel.
2 Chronicles 1:14 Solomon gathered[16] 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, placed[17] in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 1:15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.
2 Chronicles 1:16 Solomon’s horses came from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders would get them from Kue at the going price.
2 Chronicles 1:17 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for fifteen pounds of silver and a horse for nearly four pounds. In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram through their agents.
1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to all the congregation, “My son Solomon — God has chosen him alone — is an inexperienced boy. The task is great because the building will not be built for a human but for Yahveh God.
1 Chronicles 29:2 So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting, antimony, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.
1 Chronicles 29:3 Again, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the sacred house:
1 Chronicles 29:4 100 tons of gold (gold of Ophir) and 250 tons of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the houses,
1 Chronicles 29:5 the gold for the gold work and the silver for the silver, for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer[1] to consecrate himself to Yahveh today?”
1 Chronicles 29:6 Then the captains of the households, the captains of the tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave voluntarily.
1 Chronicles 29:7 For the service of God’s house they gave 185 tons of gold and 10,000 gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 4,000 tons of iron.
1 Chronicles 29:8 Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of Yahveh’s house under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
1 Chronicles 29:9 Then the people enjoyed themselves because of their leaders’ voluntary giving, for they had given to Yahveh wholeheartedly. King David also rejoiced greatly.
1 Chronicles 29:10 Then David praised Yahveh in the sight of all the assembly. David said, may you be praised, Yahveh God of our father Israel, from the last age to the next age.[2]
1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the sky and on the land belongs to you. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.
1 Chronicles 29:12 Riches and reward come from you, and you are the influencer[3] of everything. Power and might are in your hand, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.
1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we give you thanks and praise your glorious name.
1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as voluntarily as this? For everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your own hand.
1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are aliens and foreign guests in your face as were all our ancestors. Our days on the land are like a shadow, without hope.
1 Chronicles 29:16 Lord our God, all this wealth that we’ve provided for building you a house for your sacred name comes from your hand; everything belongs to you.
1 Chronicles 29:17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and voluntarily to you.
1 Chronicles 29:18 Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, guard this desire permanently in the thoughts of the hearts of your people, and confirm their hearts toward you.
1 Chronicles 29:19 Give my son Solomon an undivided heart to guard and to carry out all your commands, your reminders,[4] and your prescribed tasks, and to build the building for which I have made provision.
1 Chronicles 29:20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praised be Yahveh your God.” So, the whole assembly praised Yahveh God of their ancestors. They knelt low and paid homage to Yahveh and the king.
1 Chronicles 29:21 The following day they offered sacrifices to Yahveh and ascending offerings to the Lord: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:22 They consumed and drank with great joy in Yahveh’s face that day. Then, for a second time, they made David’s son Solomon king; they anointed him as Yahveh’s ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
1 Chronicles 29:23 Solomon sat on Yahveh’s throne as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
1 Chronicles 29:24 All the captains and the mighty men, and all of King David’s sons as well, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
1 Chronicles 29:25 Yahveh highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been bestowed on any king over Israel before him.
1 Chronicles 29:26 David, son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:27 His reign over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron for seven years and in Jerusalem for thirty-three.
1 Chronicles 29:28 He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and reward, and his son Solomon became king in his place.
1 Chronicles 29:29 As for the words of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, note that they are written in the Words of the Seer Samuel, the Words of the Prophet Nathan, and the Words of the Seer Gad,
1 Chronicles 29:30 along with all his reign, his might, and the incidents that affected him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the surrounding lands.
1 Chronicles 27:1 This is the list of the Israelites, the family heads, the captains of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who ministered to the king in every matter with the divisions on rotated military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 in each division:
1 Chronicles 27:2 Jashobeam, son of Zabdiel, was in charge of the first division for the first month; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:3 He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army captains for the first month.
1 Chronicles 27:4 Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division for the second month, and Mikloth was the leader; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:5 The third army captain, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of the priest Jehoiada; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:6 This Benaiah was a mighty man among the Thirty and over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.
1 Chronicles 27:7 The fourth commander, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:8 The fifth, for the fifth month, was the captain Shamhuth the Izrahite; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:10 The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite from the descendants of Ephraim; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:13 The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite from the descendants of Ephraim; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:15 The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel’s family; 24,000 were in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:16 The following were in charge of the tribes of Israel: For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;
1 Chronicles 27:17 for the Levites, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;
1 Chronicles 27:18 for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri son of Michael;
1 Chronicles 27:19 for Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;
1 Chronicles 27:20 for the Ephraimites, Hoshea son of Azaziah; for half the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;
1 Chronicles 27:21 for half the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;
1 Chronicles 27:22 for Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham. Those were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
1 Chronicles 27:23 David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for Yahveh had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census, and the number was not entered in the Historical Record of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king’s storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
1 Chronicles 27:26 Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of those who worked in the fields tilling the soil.
1 Chronicles 27:27 Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars.
1 Chronicles 27:28 Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Judean foothills. Joash oversaw the stores of olive oil.
1 Chronicles 27:29 Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds that grazed in Sharon, while Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.
1 Chronicles 27:30 Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.
1 Chronicles 27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these were captains in charge of King David’s property.
1 Chronicles 27:32 David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of understanding and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended the king’s sons.
1 Chronicles 27:33 Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
1 Chronicles 27:34 After Ahithophel came Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then Abiathar. Joab was the captain of the king’s army.
1 Chronicles 26:1 The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
1 Chronicles 26:2 Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
1 Chronicles 26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
1 Chronicles 26:4 Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
1 Chronicles 26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth, for God empowered him.
1 Chronicles 26:6 Also, to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled their ancestral houses because they were strong, efficient men.
1 Chronicles 26:7 Shemaiah’s sons: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semachiah were also efficient men.
1 Chronicles 26:8 All of these were among the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and relatives; they were efficient men with strength for the work — sixty-two from Obed-edom.
1 Chronicles 26:9 Meshelemiah also had sons and relatives who were efficient men– eighteen.
1 Chronicles 26:10 Hosah, from the Merarites, also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had placed him as the first),
1 Chronicles 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives of Hosah were thirteen in all.
1 Chronicles 26:12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in Yahveh’s house, just as their relatives did.
1 Chronicles 26:13 They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral houses, young and old.
1 Chronicles 26:14 The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah. They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, an insightful counselor, and his lot came out for the north gate.
1 Chronicles 26:15 Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses;
1 Chronicles 26:16 it was the west gate and the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending highway for Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
1 Chronicles 26:17 There were six Levites each day on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and two pair at the storehouses.
1 Chronicles 26:18 As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.
1 Chronicles 26:19 Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.
1 Chronicles 26:20 From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God’s house and the treasuries of the sacred things.
1 Chronicles 26:21 From the sons of Ladan, who were the descendants of the Gershonites through Ladan and were the family heads belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
1 Chronicles 26:22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of Yahveh’s house.
1 Chronicles 26:23 From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
1 Chronicles 26:24 Shebuel, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
1 Chronicles 26:25 His relatives through Eliezer: his son Rehabiah, his son Jeshaiah, his son Joram, his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith.
1 Chronicles 26:26 This Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of sacred things by King David, by the family heads who were the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army captains.
1 Chronicles 26:27 They dedicated part of the plunder from their battles for the strengthening of Yahveh’s house.
1 Chronicles 26:28 All that the seer Samuel, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah had dedicated, along with everything else that had been dedicated, were in the care of Shelomith and his relatives.
1 Chronicles 26:29 From the Izrahites: Chenaniah and his sons had duties outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel.
1 Chronicles 26:30 From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 efficient men, had assigned duties in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of Yahveh and for the service of the king.
1 Chronicles 26:31 From the Hebronites: Jerijah was the head of the Hebronites, according to the family history of his ancestors. A search was made in the fortieth year of David’s reign and strong, efficient men were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.
1 Chronicles 26:32 There were among Jerijah’s relatives 2,700 efficient men who were family heads. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh as overseers in every matter relating to God and the king.
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