2 Chronicles 2:1

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Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:5 : 5 So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
  • Deut 28:58 : 58 The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,
  • 1 Kgs 7:1 : 1 The Building of the Royal Palace Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.
  • 1 Kgs 8:18 : 18 The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
  • 1 Kgs 8:20 : 20 The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel
  • 1 Kgs 9:1 : 1 The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,
  • 1 Chr 22:10 : 10 He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’
  • Matt 6:9-9 : 9 So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, 10 may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 22:5-7
    3 verses
    82%

    5 David said,“My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for the LORD must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

    6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the LORD God of Israel.

    7 David said to Solomon:“My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    82%

    1 The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 The Building of the Temple In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv(the second month), he began building the LORD’s temple.

    2 The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    80%

    1 Building Projects and Commercial Efforts After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    80%

    5 So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    80%

    10 Foreign Affairs and Building Projects After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and the royal palace,

  • 2 Chr 3:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1 The Building of the Temple Solomon began building the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    2 He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

    3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length(determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    78%

    10 Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

    8 The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    78%

    1 The People Contribute to the Project King David said to the entire assembly:“My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    78%

    16 All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid until it was finished; the LORD’s temple was completed.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    78%

    17 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • Acts 7:47
    78%

    47 But Solomon built a house for him.

  • 2 Chr 2:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2 (2:1) Solomon had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.

    3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre:“Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.

    4 Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the LORD our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    78%

    2 O LORD, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    77%

    9 to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

    18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    77%

    2 King David rose to his feet and said:“Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the LORD’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11 The LORD’s message came to Solomon:

    12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

    2 David Orders a Temple to Be Built David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 The Building of the Royal Palace Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.

    2 He named it“The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    76%

    12 Huram also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14
    76%

    14 So Solomon finished building the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    76%

    15 Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 2 Chr 7:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

    12 the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:“I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

  • 1 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’

    11 “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    75%

    6 He said to me,‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    75%

    13 O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    75%

    2 Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
    75%

    2 Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    75%

    2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    74%

    3 The LORD said to him,“I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    74%

    19 Now seek the LORD your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the LORD God! Then you can bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service into the temple that is built to honor the LORD.”

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    74%

    10 The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

  • 1 Chr 29:19
    74%

    19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    74%

    3 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,

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