From Gary.... Bible Reading and Study, July 23

 Bible Reading and Study, July 23

World English Bible

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.

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2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 1 1

Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him,

and magnified him exceedingly.

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was

with him and magnified him exceedingly.

And strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and Jehovah

his God [is] with him, and maketh him exceedingly great.

2 Chronicles 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].

And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the

judges, and to all the princes of all Israel, the chief fathers;

And Solomon saith to all Israel, to heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, and

to judges, and to every honourable one of all Israel, heads of the fathers,

2 Chronicles 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.

and Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place at Gibeon; for

there was God`s tent of meeting which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the

wilderness.

and they go -- Solomon, and all the assembly with him -- to the high place that [is]

in Gibeon, for there hath been God`s tent of meeting, that Moses, servant of

Jehovah, made in the wilderness,

2 Chronicles 1 4

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [the place] that David had

prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the [place] that David

had prepared for it; for he had spread a tent for it at Jerusalem.

but the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim, when David

prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;

2 Chronicles 1 5

Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there

before the tent of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly sought to it.

And the brazen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there

before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

and the altar of brass that Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur made, he put before the

tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the assembly seek to it.

2 Chronicles 1 6

Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of meeting, and

offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.

And Solomon offered there upon the brazen altar before Jehovah which was at the tent of

meeting; and he offered up a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.

And Solomon goeth up thither, on the altar of brass, before Jehovah, that [is] at the

tent of meeting, and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings.

2 Chronicles 1 7

In that night did God appear to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.

In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

In that night hath God appeared to Solomon, and saith to him, `Ask -- what do I

give to thee?`

2 Chronicles 1 8

Solomon said to God, You have showed great lovingkindness to David my father, and have made

me king in his place.

And Solomon said to God, Thou hast shewn unto David my father great loving-kindness,

and hast made me king in his stead.

And Solomon saith to God, `Thou hast done with David my father great kindness,

and hast caused me to reign in his stead.

2 Chronicles 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.

Now, Jehovah Elohim, let thy word unto David my father be firm; for thou hast made me

king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.

Now, O Jehovah God, is Thy word with David my father stedfast, for Thou hast

caused me to reign over a people numerous as the dust of the earth;

2 Chronicles 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?

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for

who can judge this thy great people?

now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come

in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?`

2 Chronicles 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:

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches,

wealth, or honour, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life;

but hast asked for thyself wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people,

over whom I have made thee king:

And God saith to Solomon, `Because that this hath been with thy heart, and thou

hast not asked riches, wealth, and honour, and the life of those hating thee, and

also many days hast not asked, and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge, so

that thou dost judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign --

2 Chronicles 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.

wisdom and knowledge are granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches and wealth and

honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall any

after thee have the like.

the wisdom and the knowledge is given to thee, and riches and wealth and honour

I give to thee, that there hath not been so to the kings who [are] before thee, and

after thee it is not so.`

2 Chronicles 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.

Then Solomon came back [from] the high place at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the

tent of meeting, and reigned over Israel.

And Solomon cometh in [from] the high place that [is] in Gibeon to Jerusalem,

from before the tent of meeting, and reigneth over Israel,

2 Chronicles 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.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred

chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and

with the king at Jerusalem.

and Solomon gathereth chariots and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four

hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the

cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 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.

And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the

sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.

And the king maketh the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and the

cedars he made as sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance.

2 Chronicles 1 16

The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king`s merchants received them

in droves, each drove at a price.

And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king`s

merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.

And the source of the horses that [are] to Solomon [is] from Egypt and from Keva;

merchants of the king from Keva take at a price,

2 Chronicles 1 17

They fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] 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.

And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of

silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so they brought [them] by their means,

for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria.

and they come up, and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred silverlings,

and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the

kings of Aram -- by their hand they bring out.

2 Chronicles 2 1

Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

And Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his

kingdom.

And Solomon saith to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his

kingdom,

2 Chronicles 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.

And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand

stone-masons in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred to superintend them.

and Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty

thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them -- three thousand

and six hundred.

2 Chronicles 2 3

Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you did deal with David my father, and did

send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].

And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father,

and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein [so do for me].

And Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, `When thou hast dealt with

David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to

dwell in;

2 Chronicles 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.

Behold, I build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn

before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement [of the shewbread], and for

the morning and evening burnt-offerings [and] on the sabbaths and on the new moons,

and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is [an ordinance] for ever to Israel.

lo, I am building a house to the name of Jehovah my God, to sanctify [it] to Him, to

make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and

burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at

appointed seasons of Jehovah our God; to the age this [is] on Israel.

2 Chronicles 2 5

The house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

`And the house that I am building [is] great, for greater [is] our God than all gods;

2 Chronicles 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?

But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens

cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn

sacrifice before him?

and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the

heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who [am] I that I do build to Him

a house, except to make perfume before Him?

2 Chronicles 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.

And now send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron,

and in purple and crimson and blue, and experienced in carving, besides the skilful men

that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

`And now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and

in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings

with the wise men who [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my

father prepared;

2 Chronicles 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,

Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know

that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants

shall be with thy servants,

and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that

thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants [are] with thy

servants,

2 Chronicles 2 9

even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great

and wonderful.

even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and

wonderful.

even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is]

great and wonderful.

2 Chronicles 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.

And behold, I will give to thy servants the hewers that fell 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.

`And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy

servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths

twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.`

2 Chronicles 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.

And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah

loved his people, he made thee king over them.

And Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: `In the love

of Jehovah to His people He hath given thee king over them.`

2 Chronicles 2 12

Huram said moreover, 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.

And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the

earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and

understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.

And Huram saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who made the heavens and

the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and

understanding, who doth build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 2 13

Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father`s,

And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,

`And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,

2 Chronicles 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.

the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and whose father was a man of Tyre,

experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in

timber, in purple, in blue, and in byssus, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of

engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful

men, and the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

(son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to

work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in

blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise

any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord

David thy father.

2 Chronicles 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:

And now the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let

him send unto his servants.

`And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let

him send to his servants,

2 Chronicles 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.

And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to

thee [in] floats by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

and we -- we cut trees out of Lebanon, according to all thy need, and bring them in

to thee -- floats by sea, to Joppa, and thou dost take them up to Jerusalem.`

2 Chronicles 2 17

Solomon numbered all the sojourners 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.

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account

that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three

thousand six hundred.

And Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel,

after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are

found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred;

2 Chronicles 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.

And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be

stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the

people to work.

and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand

hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause

the people to work.

2 Chronicles 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.

And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where he

appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-

floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount

of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had

prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,

2 Chronicles 3 2

He began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

And he began to build on the second of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

and he beginneth to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth

year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 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.

And this was Solomon`s foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by

cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

And [in] these hath Solomon been instructed to build the house of God: The length

[in] cubits by the former measure [is] sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

2 Chronicles 3 4

The porch that was before [the house], the length of it, according to the breadth of the house,

was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure

And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house

broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with

pure gold.

As to the porch that [is] on the front, the length [is] by the front of the breadth of

the house, twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty, and he overlayeth

it within with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3 5

The greater house he made a ceiling with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and

worked thereon palm-trees and chains.

And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold,

and set on it palm-trees and chains.

And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with

good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,

2 Chronicles 3 6

He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of

Parvaim.

and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold

of Parvaim,

2 Chronicles 3 7

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls of it, and the doors of it,

with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with

gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.

and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors,

with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls.

2 Chronicles 3 8

He made the most holy house: the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty

cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six

hundred talents.

And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the

breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it

with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

And he maketh the most holy house: its length [is] by the front of the breadth of

the house twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covereth it with

good gold, to six hundred talents;

2 Chronicles 3 9

The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers

with gold.

and the weight of the nails [is] fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he

hath covered with gold.

2 Chronicles 3 10

In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.

And in the house of the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work, and they

overlaid them with gold.

And he maketh in the most holy house two cherubs, image work, and he overlayeth

them with gold;

2 Chronicles 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.

And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched

the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other

cherub.

as to the wings of the cherubs, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one

[is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits,

touching the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 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.

And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the

other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.

And the wing of the other cherub [is] five cubits touching the wall of the house,

and the other wing [is] five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 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.

The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their

feet, and their faces were toward the house.

The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are

standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.

2 Chronicles 3 14

He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim thereon.

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim

upon it.

And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and

causeth cherubs to go up on it.

2 Chronicles 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.

And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that

was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in

length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads five cubits.

2 Chronicles 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.

And he made chains [as] in the oracle, and he put them on the top of the pillars; and he

made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and

maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains.

2 Chronicles 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.

And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on

the left; and he called the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the

left Boaz.

And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one

on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that

on the left Boaz.

Study Questions

What did Solomon NOT ask for? 1:11

What was to be given to Solomon? 1:12

The total number of men involved in the building of the temple was_______? 2:1,2

How many strangers were in Israel? 2:17

What were the overall dimensions of the temple? 3:3, 4

Apples were on the chains, true or false? 3:17