2 Chronicles 8:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:18 : 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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  • 1 Kgs 6:14
    83%

    14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    82%

    1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    82%

    11Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

  • 1 Kgs 7:51
    81%

    51So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    80%

    1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    80%

    1Thus 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, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
    78%

    1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    78%

    10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

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

    37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

    38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    76%

    13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

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

    11And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

    12Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

    2And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

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

    17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

    18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

  • 2 Chr 29:17
    75%

    17Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    75%

    9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

  • 1 Kgs 6:22
    74%

    22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

  • Ezra 5:16
    74%

    16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

  • 2 Chr 3:3
    74%

    3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

    6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

  • 2 Chr 8:15
    74%

    15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

  • Acts 7:47
    73%

    47But Solomon built him an house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
    73%

    25And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    73%

    1Then 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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    73%

    13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    73%

    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    73%

    15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    73%

    10Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    72%

    1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    72%

    1Now 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.

  • 1 Kgs 7:40
    72%

    40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    72%

    2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9
    72%

    9All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    72%

    3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 6:7
    72%

    7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • 2 Chr 8:17
    72%

    17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    72%

    9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

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

    16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

    17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

  • 1 Chr 28:20
    72%

    20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
    72%

    12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

  • 1 Chr 28:12
    71%

    12And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    71%

    2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.