Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (2 Chronicles Chapter 1 to 36

[Pastor Gary]

2 Chronicles 2:4 (NLT) - 4 I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.

 

[Pastor Gary]

2 Chronicles 2:5 (NLT) - 5 “This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 2:6 (NLT)

6 But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him! So who am I to consider building a Temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices to him?

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 2:7 (NLT)

7 “So send me a master craftsman who can work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as with purple, scarlet, and blue cloth. He must be a skilled engraver who can work with the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem who were selected by my father, David.

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 2:8 (NLT)

8 “Also send me cedar, cypress, and red sandalwood logs from Lebanon, for I know that your men are without equal at cutting timber in Lebanon. I will send my men to help them.

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 2:9 (NLT)

9 An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 2:10 (NLT)

10 In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:11 (NLT)
King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon:
"It is because the LORD loves his people that he has made you their King.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:12 (NLT)
"Praise the LORD, the God of Israel who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, gifted with skill and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:13 (NLT)
"I am sending you a master craftsman named Huram-abi, who is extremely talented.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:14 (NLT)
His mother is from the tribe of Dan in Israel, and his father is from Tyre. He is skillful at making things from gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and he also works with stone and wood. He can work with purple, blue, and scarlet cloth and fine linen. He is also an engraver and can follow any design given to him. He will work with your craftsmen and those appointed by my lord David, your father.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:15 (NLT)
"Send along the wheat, barley, olive oil and wine that my lord has mentioned.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:16 (NLT)
We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem."

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:17 (NLT)
Solomon took a census of all foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father had taken, and he counted 153,600.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 2:18 (NLT)
He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 as quarry workers in the hill country, and 3 ,
600 as foremen.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 3:1 (NLT)
Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David, his father. The temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.

 

[Cosia]

2 Chronicles 3:2 (NLT)
The construction began in midspring, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign.

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 3:3 (NLT)

3 These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the Temple of God (using the old standard of measurement). It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 3:4 (NLT)

4 The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width of the Temple, and 30 feet high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

 

[PaducahLuke]

2 Chronicles 3:5 (NLT)

5 He paneled the main room of the Temple with cypress wood, overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with carvings of palm trees and chains.