2 Chronicles 8:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:18 : 18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 6:14
    83%

    14 So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    82%

    1 Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    82%

    11 So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.

  • 1 Kgs 7:51
    81%

    51 So all the work King Solomon had done in the house of the Lord was complete. Then Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    80%

    1 Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    80%

    1 So all the work which Solomon did for the house of the Lord was complete. And Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
    78%

    1 Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1 Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    78%

    10 Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

  • 1 Kgs 6:37-38
    2 verses
    76%

    37 In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.

    38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the building of the house was complete in every detail, as it had been designed. So he was seven years building it.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    76%

    13 So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 (And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

    12 About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

    2 The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

    18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • 2 Chr 29:17
    75%

    17 On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was done.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    75%

    9 So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16 O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours.

  • 1 Kgs 6:22
    74%

    22 Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).

  • Ezra 5:16
    74%

    16 Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.

  • 2 Chr 3:3
    74%

    3 And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

    6 Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

  • 2 Chr 8:15
    74%

    15 All the orders given by the king to the priests and Levites, in connection with any business or stores, were done with care.

  • Acts 7:47
    73%

    47 But Solomon was the builder of his house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
    73%

    25 Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    73%

    1 Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    73%

    13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    73%

    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    73%

    15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    73%

    10 Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    72%

    1 And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    72%

    1 Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 7:40
    72%

    40 And Hiram made the pots and spades and the basins. So Hiram came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of the Lord:

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    72%

    2 But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9
    72%

    9 All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    72%

    3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 6:7
    72%

    7 (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

  • 2 Chr 8:17
    72%

    17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    72%

    9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

    17 And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.

  • 1 Chr 28:20
    72%

    20 And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
    72%

    12 Then Solomon made burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had put up in front of the covered way,

  • 1 Chr 28:12
    71%

    12 And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    71%

    2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.