GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 17

2 Chronicles 14:2-4

    Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God. He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.

 

2 Chronicles 14:7  

    "Let us build up these towns," he said to Judah, "and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.

 

2 Chronicles 14:11-13  

    Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, "LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. LORD, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you."

    The LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the LORD and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.

(see all 2 Chronicles 14) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 16

2 Chronicles 13:4-5

    Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me! Don't you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, had given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?"

 

2 Chronicles 13:10-12  

    "As for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the LORD are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them. Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the LORD our God. But you have forsaken him. God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed."

 

2 Chronicles 13:14-16  

Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out to the LORD. The priests blew their trumpets and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

 

2 Chronicles 13:18  

The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

(see all 2 Chronicles 13) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 15

2 Chronicles 7:5

And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.

 

2 Chronicles 7:21-22  

"This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them--that is why he brought all this disaster on therm.' "

(see all 2 Chronicles 7)

 

2 Chronicles 8:14  

In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day's requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.

(see all 2 Chronicles 8)

 

2 Chronicles 9:8  

"Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the LORD your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness."

 

2 Chronicles 9:23  

All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

(see all 2 Chronicles 9)

 

2 Chronicles 10:15  

So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the LORD had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilomite.

(see all 2 Chronicles 10)

 

2 Chronicles 11:2-4  

    But this word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God: "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, 'This is what the LORD says: Do not go up to fight against your fellow Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.' " So they obeyed the words of the LORD and turned back from marching against Jeroboam.

 

2 Chronicles 11:16  

Those from every tribe of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

(see all Chronicles 11 - 12) 

    

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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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