GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 14

2 Chronicles 6:4

Then he said:

 

        "Praise be to the LORD, the God of

    Israel, who with his hands has

    fulfilled what he promised with his

    mouth to my father David."

 

2 Chronicles 6:7  

        "My father David had it in his

    heart to build a temple for the Name

    of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

2 Chronicles 6:10  

        "The LORD has kept the promise

    he made. I have succeeded David my

    father and now I sit on the throne of

    Israel, just as the LORD promised, and

    I have built the temple for the Name

    of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

2 Chronicles 6:14  

He said:

 

        "LORD, the God of Israel, there is

    no God like you in heaven or on

    earth--you who keep your covenant

    of love with your servants who

    continue wholeheartedly in your way."

 

2 Chronicles 6:16-17  

        "Now, LORD, the God of Israel,

    keep for your servant David my

    father the promises you made to him

    when you said, 'You shall never fail 

    to have a successor to sit before me

    on the throne of Israel, if only your 

    descendants are careful in all they do

    to walk before me according to my

    law, as you have done.' And now,

    LORD, the God of Israel, let your word

    that you promised your servant David

    come true."

 

2 Chronicles 6:18-19  

        "But will God really dwell on 

    earth with humans? The heavens,

    even the highest heavens, cannot

    contain you. How much less this

    temple I have built! Yet, LORD my God,

    give attention to your servant's prayer

    and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry

    and the prayer that your servant is

    praying in your presence."

 

2 Chronicles 6:40-42  

        "Now, my God, may your eyes be

    open and your ears attentive to the

    prayers offered in this place.

 

    "Now arise, LORD God, and come to your resting place,

        you and the ark of your might.

    May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation,

        may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

    LORD God, do not reject your anointed one.

        Remember the great love promised to David your servant."

(see all 2 Chronicles 6)  

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 13

2 Chronicles 2:4-5

    "Now I am about to build a temple

    for the Name of the LORD my God and

    to dedicate it to him for burning

    fragrant incense before him, for setting

    out the consecrated bread regularly,

    and for making burnt offerings every

    morning and evening and on the 

    Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the

    appointed festivals of the LORD our

    God. This is a lasting ordinance for Israel.

        "The temple I am going to build 

    will be great, because our God is

    greater than all other gods."

 

2 Chronicles 2:12  

    And Hiram added:

 

        "Praise be to the LORD, the God of

    Israel, who made heaven and earth!

    He has given King David a wise son,

    endowed with intelligence and 

    discernment, who will build a temple

    for the LORD and a palace for himself."

[see all 2 Chronicles 2]

 

2 Chronicles 3:3  

    The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide (using the cubit of the old standard). [about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide, or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide.]

[see all 2 Chronicles 3 - 4]

 

2 Chronicles 5:1  

    When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated--the silver and gold and all the furnishings--and he placed them in the treasuries of God's temple.

 

2 Chronicles 5:13-14  

The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang:

 

    "He is good;

        his love endures forever."

 

    Then the temple of the LORD was filled with the cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God.

[see all 2 Chronicles 5] 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 12

2 Chronicles 1:1-4

    Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

    Then Solomon spoke to all Israel--to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families--and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon, for God's tent of meeting was there, which Moses the Lord's servant had made in the wilderness. Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

 

2 Chronicles 1:7-10  

    That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

    Solomon answered God, "You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. Now, LORD God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth. Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?"

 

2 Chronicles 1:11-12  

    God said to Solomon, "Since this is your heart's desire and you have not asked for wealth, possession or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, possessions and honor, such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have."

(see all 2 Chronicles 1) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 11

1 Chronicles 29:1-3

    Then King David said to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the LORD God. With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God--gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble--all of these in large quantities. Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple: ..." 

(see verses 3-6 for the amount of David's contribution.)

 

1 Chronicles 29:7  

They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents (190 tons) and ten thousand darics (185 lbs) of gold, ten thousand talents (380 tons) of silver, eighteen thousand talents (675 tons) of bronze and a hundred thousand talents (3,800 tons) of iron.

 

1 Chronicles 29:10  

     David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,

        "Praise be to you, LORD,

            the God of our father Israel,

            from everlasting to everlasting."

 

1 Chronicles 29:13  

        "Now, our God, we give you thanks,

            and praise your glorious name."

 

1 Chronicles 29:16-18  

"LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you."

 

1 Chronicles 29:20  

    Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the LORD your God." So they all praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the LORD and the king.

(see all 1 Chronicles 29) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 10

1 Chronicles 28:2-4

    King David rose to his feet and said: "Listen to me my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it. But God said to me, 'You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.'

    "Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel."

 

1 Chronicles 28:8  

    "So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever."

 

1 Chronicles 28:9  

    "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."

 

1 Chronicles 28:12  

He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the LORD and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.

 

1 Chronicles 28:20-21  

    David also said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished. The divisions of the priests and the Levites are ready for all the work on the temple of God, and every willing person skilled in any craft will help you in all the work. The officials and all the people will obey your every command."

(see all 1 Chronicles 28) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 9

1 Chronicles 23:14

    The sons of Moses the man of God

        were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.

 

1 Chronicles 23:25-26  

For David has said, "Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service."

 

1 Chronicles 23:28  

    The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD; to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.

[see all 1 Chronicles 23]

 

1 Chronicles 24:19  

    This was their appointed order of ministering when they entered the temple of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their ancestor Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

[see all 1 Chronicles 24]

 

1 Chronicles 25:5-6  

(All these were sons of Heman the king's seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.)

    All these men were under the supervision of their father for the music of the temple of the LORD, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at the house of God.

[see all 1 Chronicles 25]

 

1 Chronicles 26:20  

    Their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.

[see all 1 Chronicles 26]

 

1 Chronicles 27:24  

Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. God's wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book of the annals of King David.

[see all 1 Chronicles 27] 

    

[brackets are mine]

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 8

1 Chronicles 22:1-2

    Then David said, "The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

    So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.

 

1 Chronicles 22:6-7  

    Then he called his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. David said to Solomon: "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God."

 

1 Chronicles 22:11-12  

    "Now, my son, the LORD be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the LORD your God, as he said you would. May the LORD give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God."

 

1 Chronicles 22:17-20  

    Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. He said to them, "Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people. Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD."

(see all 1 Chronicles 22) 

    

(parentheses are mine) 

 

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