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• 2 Chronicles 2Bible

  2 Chronicles 2 records Solomon's decision to build the temple and his royal palace, his exchange of letters with Huram king of Tyre, who agrees to supply timber and a skilled craftsman, and his conscription of foreign laborers.

• 2 Chronicles 6Bible

  2 Chronicles 6 records Solomon's dedication of the completed temple. He blesses the assembly and prays that God will hear from heaven the prayers that both Israel and foreigners offer toward this house.

• 2 Chronicles 3Bible

  2 Chronicles 3 records how Solomon began building the temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem and made the main hall, the Most Holy Place, the two cherubim, the veil, and the two pillars named Jachin and Boaz.

• 2 Chronicles 10Bible

  2 Chronicles 10 recounts how, after Solomon's death, Rehoboam rejected the people's request at Shechem to lighten their burden, and the northern tribes broke away from the house of David.

• 2 Chronicles 7Bible

  Second Chronicles 7 records God's answer to Solomon's prayer of dedication with fire from heaven and the glory of the LORD, the dedication of the temple and the accompanying feast, and the promises and warnings the LORD gave when He appeared to Solomon by night.

• 2 Chronicles 4Bible

  Second Chronicles 4 records how Solomon made the furnishings for the temple in Jerusalem. It describes in turn the bronze altar, the bronze Sea, the lavers, the golden lampstands and tables, the bronze articles made by the Tyrian craftsman Huram, and the golden furnishings inside the sanctuary.

• 2 Chronicles 14Bible

  2 Chronicles 14 records how Asa, king of Judah, came to the throne, removed idols, and fortified cities so that the land enjoyed peace, and how he met and defeated the vast army of Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) through prayer.

• 2 Chronicles 11Bible

  2 Chronicles 11 recounts how, immediately after the division of the kingdom, Rehoboam heeded the prophet Shemaiah and called off war with northern Israel. He then fortified cities and received the priests and Levites who came from the north, strengthening his kingdom. The chapter also records his family.

• 2 Chronicles 8Bible

  2 Chronicles 8 records Solomon's city-building projects and labor system after he completed the temple and his palace, the order of temple worship according to the ordinances of Moses and David, and the voyage to Ophir.

• 2 Chronicles 1Bible

  2 Chronicles 1 recounts how Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings before the tabernacle of the congregation at Gibeon. When God appeared to him by night, Solomon asked for wisdom and knowledge to judge the people and received, in addition, a promise of riches and honor. The chapter then describes his chariots and wealth.

• 2 Chronicles 18Bible

  This chapter recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, joins Ahab, king of Israel, in the battle for Ramoth-gilead. Unlike the four hundred prophets, the prophet Micaiah foretells defeat, and Ahab, who fights in disguise, is struck by an arrow and dies.

• 2 Chronicles 15Bible

  2 Chronicles 15 tells how Asa, king of Judah, heeds the exhortation of the prophet Azariah son of Oded, removes the idols, and makes a covenant with the people in Jerusalem to seek the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 22Bible

  2 Chronicles 22 recounts the one-year reign of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and his death at the hands of Jehu. It then tells how the young Joash was hidden in the temple while Ahaziah's mother, Athaliah, killed the royal family and seized the throne.

• 2 Chronicles 5Bible

  This chapter records how Solomon brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Most Holy Place of the completed temple, and how the cloud of the LORD's glory filled the temple as the Levites and priests praised God together.

• 2 Chronicles 12Bible

  2 Chronicles 12 records how, after Rehoboam king of Judah forsook the law, Shishak king of Egypt invaded and carried off the treasures of the temple and the royal palace; how the king and the princes humbled themselves and escaped destruction; and how Rehoboam died.

• 2 Chronicles 7:14Bible Verses

  Second Chronicles 7:14 records God's promise to Solomon after the dedication of the Temple: if "my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray" and turn from their wicked ways, he will heal their land. The verse is widely cited in movements of prayer for the nation, and there is debate over whether it can be applied to modern nations.

• 2 Chronicles 3:1Bible Verses

  This verse states that Solomon began building the temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite that David had prepared. It is frequently cited as a key text linking the temple site to Abraham's offering of Isaac on Moriah and to David's altar.

• 2 Chronicles 6:26–31Bible Verses

  In this part of his prayer at the dedication of the temple, Solomon asks God to hear the people when they repent and pray toward the temple during disasters such as drought, famine, or pestilence. Together with God's answer in 2 Chronicles 7:14, the passage is often cited as a text on disaster and repentance.

• 2 Chronicles 7:13-22Bible Verses

  In this passage, after Solomon dedicates the Temple, God appears to him by night and speaks of answered prayer, the conditions of obedience, and the consequences of apostasy. Verse 14 in particular, with its call to repentance and its promise that God will "heal their land," is frequently cited in prayer for the nation.