2 Chronicles 29:3

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In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the LORD’s temple and repaired them.

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  • 2 Chr 28:24 : 24 Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the LORD’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chr 29:7 : 7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.
  • Ps 101:3 : 3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,
  • 2 Kgs 16:14-18 : 14 He moved the bronze altar that stood in the LORD’s presence from the front of the temple(between the altar and the LORD’s temple) and put it on the north side of the new altar. 15 King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest,“On the large altar offer the morning burnt sacrifice, the evening grain offering, the royal burnt sacrifices and grain offering, the burnt sacrifice for all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their libations. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt sacrifice and other sacrifices on it. The bronze altar will be for my personal use.” 16 So Uriah the priest did exactly as King Ahaz ordered. 17 King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took“The Sea” down from the bronze bulls that supported it and put it on the stone pavement. 18 He also removed the Sabbath awning that had been built in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway to the LORD’s temple, on account of the king of Assyria.

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    8In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Chr 29:15-18
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    15They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the LORD’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the LORD.

    16The priests then entered the LORD’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the LORD’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.

    17On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the LORD’s temple. For eight more days they consecrated the LORD’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

    18They went to King Hezekiah and said:“We have purified the entire temple of the LORD, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment.

  • 2 Chr 24:4-5
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    4Later, Joash was determined to repair the LORD’s temple.

    5He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them,“Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.

  • 2 Chr 29:4
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    4He brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the square on the east side.

  • 2 Chr 27:3
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    3He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

  • Neh 3:6
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    6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

  • Ezra 5:13
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    13But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

  • 2 Chr 3:2
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    2He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

  • 2 Kgs 22:3
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    3In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the LORD’s temple with these orders:

  • 2 Kgs 12:6
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    6By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

  • 2 Chr 24:12-13
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    12The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the LORD’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the LORD’s temple.

    13They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.

  • Neh 3:1
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    1The Names of the Builders Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

  • 2 Chr 29:20
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    20Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the LORD’s temple.

  • 1 Kgs 6:37-38
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    37In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the LORD’s temple.

    38In the eleventh year, in the month Bul(the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.

  • 2 Chr 34:3
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    3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

  • Hag 1:15
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    15This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year.

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    6From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. However, the LORD’s temple was not at that time established.

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    11Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the LORD’s temple. When this was done,

  • 2 Chr 29:2
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    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

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    8In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the LORD’s temple.

  • Neh 3:29
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    29After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
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    5Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,

    6including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
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    16He erected the altar of the LORD and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1
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  • 2 Chr 31:21
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    21He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1-2
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    1The King Institutes Religious Reform The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Chr 34:30
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    30The king went up to the LORD’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the LORD’s temple.

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  • Ezra 7:9
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    9On the first day of the first month he had determined to make the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was on him.

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    20After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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    4with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized by the royal treasury.

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    9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.

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    8The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the LORD’s temple.