July
22
1
Chronicles 27-29
1Ch
27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of
fathers' houses
and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who
served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and
went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of
every division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:2 Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the
son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:3 He was
of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army
for the first month.
1Ch
27:4 Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite,
and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were
twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:5 The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah,
the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division were
twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and
over the thirty: and of
his division was Ammizabad his son.
1Ch
27:7 The fourth captain
for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his
son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:8 The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the
Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:9 The sixth captain
for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:10 The seventh captain
for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of
Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:11 The eighth captain
for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites:
and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:12 The ninth captain
for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites:
and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:13 The tenth captain
for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites:
and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:14 The eleventh captain
for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children
of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:15 The twelfth captain
for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in
his division were twenty-four thousand.
1Ch
27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was
Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah
the son of Maacah:
1Ch
27:17 of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok:
1Ch
27:18 of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar,
Omri the son of Michael:
1Ch
27:19 of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth
the son of Azriel:
1Ch
27:20 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the
half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
1Ch
27:21 of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
1Ch
27:22 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of
the tribes of Israel.
1Ch
27:23 But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old
and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the
stars of the sky.
1Ch
27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish;
and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put
into the account in the chronicles of king David.
1Ch
27:25 Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and
over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages,
and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
1Ch
27:26 Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the
ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
1Ch
27:27 and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the
increase of the vineyards for the winecellars was Zabdi the
Shiphmite:
1Ch
27:28 and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in
the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil
was Joash:
1Ch
27:29 and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the
Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat
the son of Adlai:
1Ch
27:30 and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the
donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz
the Hagrite.
1Ch
27:31 All these were the rulers of the substance which was king
David's.
1Ch
27:32 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of
understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with
the king's sons:
1Ch
27:33 Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite
was the king's friend:
1Ch
27:34 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and
Abiathar: and the captain of the king's army was Joab.
1Ch
28:1 David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by
division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of
hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of
the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even
all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
1Ch
28:2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my
brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a
house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the
footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.
1Ch
28:3 But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name,
because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.
1Ch
28:4 However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the
house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen
Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my
father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to
make me king over all Israel;
1Ch
28:5 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has
chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh
over Israel.
1Ch
28:6 He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my
courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
1Ch
28:7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do
my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.
1Ch
28:8 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of
Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the
commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land,
and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
1Ch
28:9 You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him
with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all
hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you
seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will
cast you off forever.
1Ch
28:10 Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for
the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
1Ch
28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of
the temple, and of its houses, and of
its treasuries, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner
chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy seat;
1Ch
28:12 and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the
courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for
the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the
dedicated things;
1Ch
28:13 also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for
all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, and for all the
vessels of service in the house of Yahweh;
1Ch
28:14 of gold by weight for the vessels
of gold, for all vessels of every kind
of service; of silver
for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every
kind of service;
1Ch
28:15 by weight also for the lampstands of gold, and for its lamps,
of gold, by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps; and for the
lampstands of silver, silver
by weight for every
lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of every lampstand;
1Ch
28:16 and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every
table; and silver for the tables of silver;
1Ch
28:17 and the forks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and
for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver
bowls by weight for every bowl;
1Ch
28:18 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold
for the pattern of the chariot, even
the cherubim, that spread out their
wings, and covered the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh.
1Ch
28:19 All this, said David,
have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of Yahweh,
even all the works of this pattern.
1Ch
28:20 David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage,
and do it: don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my
God, is with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all
the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.
1Ch
28:21 Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the
Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be
with you in all manner of work every willing man who has skill, for
any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be
entirely at your command.
1Ch
29:1 David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom
alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great;
for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
1Ch
29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God
the gold for the things of
gold, and the silver for the things of
silver, and the brass for the things of
brass, the iron for the things of
iron, and wood for the things of
wood; onyx stones, and stones
to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of various colors, and all
manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
1Ch
29:3 In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my
God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I
give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have
prepared for the holy house,
1Ch
29:4 even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and
seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the
walls of the houses;
1Ch
29:5 of gold for the things of
gold, and of silver for the things of
silver, and for all manner of work to be
made by the hands of artificers. Who
then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh?
1Ch
29:6 Then the princes of the fathers' houses,
and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work,
offered willingly;
1Ch
29:7 and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five
thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand
talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a
hundred thousand talents.
1Ch
29:8 They with whom precious
stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Yahweh,
under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
1Ch
29:9 Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly,
because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh: and
David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
1Ch
29:10 Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and
David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father,
forever and ever.
1Ch
29:11 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the
victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the
earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as
head above all.
1Ch
29:12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all;
and in your hand is power and might; and it is in your hand to make
great, and to give strength to all.
1Ch
29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious
name.
1Ch
29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to
offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your
own have we given you.
1Ch
29:15 For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our
fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no
abiding.
1Ch
29:16 Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build
you a house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your
own.
1Ch
29:17 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure
in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have
willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your
people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
1Ch
29:18 Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our
fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the
heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you;
1Ch
29:19 and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your
commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all
these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made
provision.
1Ch
29:20 David said to all the assembly, Now bless Yahweh your God. All
the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down
their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
1Ch
29:21 They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt
offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one
thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their
drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
1Ch
29:22 and ate and drink before Yahweh on that day with great
gladness. They made Solomon the son of David king the second time,
and anointed him to Yahweh to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
1Ch
29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of
David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
1Ch
29:24 All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of
king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
1Ch
29:25 Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all
Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any
king before him in Israel.
1Ch
29:26 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
1Ch
29:27 The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he
reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years
reigned he in Jerusalem.
1Ch
29:28 He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor:
and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
1Ch
29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they
are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of
Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
1Ch
29:30 with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over
him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
July
23
2
Chronicles 1-3
2Ch
1:1 Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and
Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2Ch
1:2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of
hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the
heads of the fathers' houses.
2Ch
1:3 So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high
place that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God,
which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.
2Ch
1:4 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to
the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent
for it at Jerusalem.
2Ch
1:5 Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son
of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh: and
Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.
2Ch
1:6 Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which
was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings
on it.
2Ch
1:7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask
what I shall give you."
2Ch
1:8 Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness to
David my father, and have made me king in his place.
2Ch
1:9 Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be
established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of
the earth in multitude.
2Ch
1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in
before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so
great?
2Ch
1:11 God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you
have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who
hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and
knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I
have made you king:
2Ch
1:12 wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you
riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who
have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the
like.
2Ch
1:13 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from
before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
2Ch
1:14 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand
four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed
in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2Ch
1:15 The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and
cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland,
for abundance.
2Ch
1:16 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from
Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
2Ch
1:17 They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six
hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so
for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they
bring them out by their means.
2Ch
2:1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh,
and a house for his kingdom.
2Ch
2:2 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and
eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and
three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
2Ch
2:3 Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt
with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in
which to dwell, even so deal with me.
2Ch
2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my
God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet
spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings
morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on
the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an
ordinance forever to Israel.
2Ch
2:5 The house which I build is great; for great is our God above all
gods.
2Ch
2:6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the
heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should
build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
2Ch
2:7 Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and
blue, and who knows how to engrave all
manner of engravings, to
be with the skillful men who are with me
in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
2Ch
2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of
Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in
Lebanon: and behold, my servants shall be with your servants,
2Ch
2:9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am
about to build shall be great and wonderful.
2Ch
2:10 Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut
timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty
thousand baths of oil.
2Ch
2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent
to Solomon, "Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you
king over them."
2Ch
2:12 Huram continued, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise
son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build a
house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
2Ch
2:13 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of
Huram my father's,
2Ch
2:14 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was
a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in
iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen,
and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to
devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with
your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your
father.
2Ch
2:15 Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine,
which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants:
2Ch
2:16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need;
and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall
carry it up to Jerusalem."
2Ch
2:17 Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of
Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered
them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six
hundred.
2Ch
2:18 He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty
thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand
six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
2Ch
3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem on
Mount Moriah, where Yahweh
appeared to David his father, which he made ready in the place that
David had appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2Ch
3:2 He began to build in the second day
of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
2Ch
3:3 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the
building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first
measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
2Ch
3:4 The porch that was before the
house, its length, according to the
breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred
twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
2Ch
3:5 The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he
overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and
chains.
2Ch
3:6 He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the
gold was gold of Parvaim.
2Ch
3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its
walls, and its doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.
2Ch
3:8 He made the most holy house: its length, according to the
breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty
cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred
talents.
2Ch
3:9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid
the upper chambers with gold.
2Ch
3:10 In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and
they overlaid them with gold.
2Ch
3:11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of
the one cherub
was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other
wing was likewise
five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
2Ch
3:12 The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the
wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also,
joining to the wing of the other cherub.
2Ch
3:13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty
cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the
house.
2Ch
3:14 He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine
linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
2Ch
3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits
high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five
cubits.
2Ch
3:16 He made chains in the oracle, and put them
on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and
put them on the chains.
2Ch
3:17 He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right
hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
