GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 23

2 Chronicles 25:7-9

    But a man of God came to him and said, "Your Majesty, these troops from Israel must not march with you, for the LORD is not with Israel--not with any of the people of Ephraim. Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow."

    Amaziah asked the man of God, "But what about the hundred talents I paid for these Israelite troops?"

    The man of God replied, "The LORD can give you much more than that."

 

2 Chronicles 25:16  

    While he was still speaking, the king said to him, "Have we appointed you an advisor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?"

    So the prophet stopped but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

 

2 Chronicles 25:20  

    Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the gods of Edom.

 

2 Chronicles 25:24  

He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-Edom, together with the palace treasures and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.

(see all 2 Chronicles 25)

 

2 Chronicles 26:5  

He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

 

2 Chronicles 26:7  

God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.

 

2 Chronicles 26:16-18  

    But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in. They confronted King Uzziah and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God."

(see all 2 Chronicles 26)

 

2 Chronicles 27:6  

    Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God.

(see all 2 Chronicles 27) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 22

2 Chronicles 24:7  (continued)

    Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.

 

2 Chronicles 24:8-9  

    At the king's command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the LORD. A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness.

 

2 Chronicles 24:13  

    The men in charge of the work were diligent and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it.

 

2 Chronicles 24:15-16  

    Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.

 

2 Chronicles 24:17-18  

    After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. They abandoned the temple of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God's anger came on Judah and Jerusalem.

 

2 Chronicles 24:20  

    Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: 'Why do you disobey the LORD's commands? You will not prosper.' Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you."

 

2 Chronicles 24:24  

Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.

 

2 Chronicles 24:27  

The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 21

2 Chronicles 21:10

To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.

    Libnah revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his ancestors.

    

2 Chronicles 21:12 

    Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet which said:

 

    "This is what the LORD, the God of 

    your father David, says: 'You have 

    not followed the ways of your father

    Jehoshaphat or of Asa King of Judah."

(see all 2 Chronicles 21)

 

2 Chronicles 22:7  

    Through Ahaziah's visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah's downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jeher son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

 

2 Chronicles 22:10-12  

    When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah's sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

(see all 2 Chronicles 22)

 

2 Chronicles 23:2-3  

They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God.

    Jehoiada said to them, "The king's son shall reign, as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David."

 

2 Chronicles 23:9  

Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God.

(see all 2 Chronicles 23)

 

2 Chronicles 24:4-5  

    Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the LORD. He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now." But the Levites did not act at once.

(2 Chronicles 24 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 20

2 Chronicles 20:5-7

    Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the LORD in the front of the new courtyard and said:

        "LORD, the God of our ancestors,

    are you not the God who is in heaven?

    You rule over all the kingdoms of the 

    nations. Power and might are in your

    hand, and no one can withstand you.

    Our God, did you not drive out the

    inhabitants of this land before your

    people Israel and give it forever to 

    the descendants of Abraham your friend?"

 

2 Chronicles 20:12  

    "Our God, will you not judge them?

    For we have no power to face this vast

    army that is attacking us. We do not

    know what to do, but our eyes are on you."

 

2 Chronicles 20:15  

    He said, "Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's.' "

 

2 Chronicles 20:19-20  

Then some of the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel with a loud voice.

     Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful."

 

2 Chronicles 20:29-30  

    The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel. And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

 

2 Chronicles 20:33  

The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 19

2 Chronicles 16:7

    At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: "Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand."

(see all 2 Chronicles 16)

 

2 Chronicles 17:3-4  

    The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.

(see all 2 Chronicles 17)

 

2 Chronicles 18:5  

    So the king of Israel brought together the prophets--four hundred men--and asked them, "Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I not?"

    "Go," they answered, "for God will give it into the king's hand."

 

2 Chronicles 18:13  

    But Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD lives, I can tell him only what my God says."

 

2 Chronicles 18:31-32  

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, "This is the king of Israel." So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him, for when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

(see all 2 Chronicles 18)

 

2 Chronicles 19:3  

"There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God."

 

2 Chronicles 19:4-7  

    Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their ancestors. He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. He told them, "Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. Now let the fear of the LORD be on you. Judge carefully, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery."

(see all 2 Chronicles 19) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 18

2 Chronicles 15:1-4

    The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. He went out to meed Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a priest to teach and without the law. But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them."

 

2 Chronicles 15:6  

"One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress."

 

2 Chronicles 15:9  

    Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

 

2 Chronicles 15:12-15  

They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns. All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

 

2 Chronicles 15:18  

He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.

(see all 2 Chronicles 15) 

    

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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."

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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] 

    

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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) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 7

1 Chronicles 19:13

"Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his sight."

(see all 1 Chronicles 19 - 20)

 

1 Chronicles 21:7-8  

This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.

    Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing."

 

1 Chronicles 21:14-15  

    So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

 

1 Chronicles 21:17  

    David said to God, "Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd, have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? LORD my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people."

 

1 Chronicles 21:29-30  

The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon. But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

(see all 1 Chronicles 21) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 6

1 Chronicles 17:2-4

    Nathan replied to David, "Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you."

    But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

 

    "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.' " 

 

1 Chronicles 17:16-17  

    Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said:

 

    "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? And as if this were not enough in your sight, my God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You, LORD God, have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men."

 

1 Chronicles 17:20-26  

    "There is no one like you, LORD, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? You made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

    "And now, LORD, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised, so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, 'The LORD Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you.

    "You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So your servant has found courage to pray to you. You, LORD, are God! You have promised these good things to your servant."

(see all 1 Chronicles 17 - 18)    

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 5

1 Chronicles 16:1

    They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God.

 

1 Chronicles 16:4-6  

    He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to extol, thank, and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

 

1 Chronicles 16:14  

He is the LORD our God;

    his judgments are in all the earth.

 

1 Chronicles 16:35-36  

Cry out, "Save us, God our Savior;

    gather us and deliver us from the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name,

    and glory in your praise."

Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,

    from everlasting to everlasting.

 

Then all the people said "Amen" and "Praise the LORD."

(see all 1 Chronicles 16) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 4

1 Chronicles 15:1-2

    After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. Then David said, "No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before him forever."

 

1 Chronicles 15:12-15  

He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him how to do it in the prescribed way." So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel. And the Levites carried the ark of God with poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

 

1 Chronicles 15:24  

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.

 

1 Chronicles 15:26  

Because God had helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, seven bulls and seven rams were sacrificed.

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 3

1 Chronicles 14:9-11

Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim; so David inquired of God: "Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?"

    The LORD answered him, "Go, I will deliver them into your hands."

    So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, "As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand." So that place was called Baal Perazim ("the lord who breaks out").

 

1 Chronicles 14:13-16  

    Once more the Philistines raided the valley; so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, "Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move out to battle, because that will mean God has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army." So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

(see all 1 Chronicles 14) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 2

1 Chronicles 13:2-3  

He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us. Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul."

 

1 Chronicles 13:5-6  

    So David assembled all Israel, from the Shiloh River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim--the ark that is called by the Name.

 

1 Chronicles 13:7-8  

    They moved the ark of God from Abinadab's house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.

 

1 Chronicles 13:10  

The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

 

1 Chronicles 13:12  

    David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?"

 

1 Chronicles 13:14  

The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he had.

[see all 1 Chronicles 13] 

    

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