2 Chronicles 1-3
Solomon Worships at Gibeon
1 (A)Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, (B)and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the (C)commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses. 3 And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to (D)the high place that was at Gibeon, (E)for (F)the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there. 4 (G)(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) 5 Moreover, (H)the bronze altar that (I)Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly (J)sought it[a] out. 6 And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, (K)and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
Solomon Prays for Wisdom
7 (L)In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” 8 And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, (M)and have made me king in his place. 9 O Lord God, (N)let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous (O)as the dust of the earth. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to (P)go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?” 11 God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for (Q)possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you (R)riches, possessions, and honor, (S)such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.” 13 So Solomon came from[b] the (T)high place at Gibeon, from before (U)the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.
Solomon Given Wealth
14 (V)Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. (W)He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed (X)in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. 16 And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price. 17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels[c] of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
Preparing to Build the Temple
2 [d] (Y)Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself. 2 [e] (Z)And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and (AA)3,600 to oversee them. 3 (AB)And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: (AC)“As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me. 4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of (AD)incense of sweet spices before him, and for (AE)the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for (AF)burnt offerings morning and evening, (AG)on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel. 5 The house that I am to build will be great, (AH)for our God is greater than all gods. 6 (AI)But who is able to build him a house, since (AJ)heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him? 7 So now (AK)send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, (AL)whom David my father provided. 8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that (AM)your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants, 9 to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful. 10 (AN)I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors[f] of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths[g] of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.”
11 Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, (AO)“Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.” 12 Hiram also said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, (AP)who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, who has discretion and understanding, (AQ)who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
13 “Now I have sent a skilled man, who has understanding, Huram-abi, 14 (AR)the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is (AS)trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father. 15 Now therefore the wheat and barley, oil and wine, (AT)of which my lord has spoken, let him send to his servants. 16 (AU)And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to (AV)Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”
17 Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, (AW)after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600. 18 (AX)Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.
Solomon Builds the Temple
3 (AY)Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem (AZ)on Mount Moriah, where the Lord[h] had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, (BA)on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are Solomon's (BB)measurements[i] for building the house of God: (BC)the length, in cubits[j] of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house,[k] and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. 5 (BD)The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold (BE)and made palms and chains on it. 6 He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. 7 So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—(BF)and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 (BG)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents[l] of fine gold. 9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.[m] And he overlaid (BH)the upper chambers with gold.
10 (BI)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood[n] and overlaid[o] them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; 12 and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim[p] stood on their feet, (BJ)facing the nave. 14 (BK)And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.
15 (BL)In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. 16 He made chains like a necklace[q] and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17 (BM)He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
Footnotes:
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 Or him
- 2 Chronicles 1:13 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew to
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 2 Chronicles 2:1 Ch 1:18 in Hebrew
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks the Lord
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 Syriac; Hebrew foundations
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 Compare 1 Kings 6:3; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 Hebrew they overlaid
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 Hebrew they
- 2 Chronicles 3:16 Hebrew chains in the inner sanctuary
Cross references:
- 2 Chronicles 1:1 : 1 Kgs. 2:46
- 2 Chronicles 1:1 : 1 Chr. 29:25
- 2 Chronicles 1:2 : 1 Chr. 27:1
- 2 Chronicles 1:3 : See 1 Kgs. 3:4
- 2 Chronicles 1:3 : 1 Chr. 16:39; 21:29
- 2 Chronicles 1:3 : Ex. 29:10; Lev. 10:7; Num. 14:10
- 2 Chronicles 1:4 : See 2 Sam. 6:2-17; 1 Chr. 15:25–16:1
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 : Ex. 27:1, 2; 38:1, 2
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 : Ex. 31:2
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 : [1 Chr. 13:3]
- 2 Chronicles 1:6 : 1 Kgs. 3:4
- 2 Chronicles 1:7 : For ver. 7-12, see 1 Kgs. 3:5-14
- 2 Chronicles 1:8 : 1 Chr. 28:5
- 2 Chronicles 1:9 : ch. 6:17; 1 Kgs. 8:26
- 2 Chronicles 1:9 : Gen. 13:16
- 2 Chronicles 1:10 : [Num. 27:17; Deut. 31:2]
- 2 Chronicles 1:11 : Eccles. 5:19; 6:2
- 2 Chronicles 1:12 : [See ver. 11 above]; Eccles. 5:19; 6:2
- 2 Chronicles 1:12 : ch. 9:22; [1 Chr. 29:25]
- 2 Chronicles 1:13 : See 1 Kgs. 3:4
- 2 Chronicles 1:13 : ver. 3
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 : For ver. 14-17, see ch. 9:25-28; 1 Kgs. 10:26-29
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 : [1 Kgs. 4:26]
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 : [1 Kgs. 9:19]
- 2 Chronicles 2:1 : 1 Kgs. 5:5
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 : ver. 18; 1 Kgs. 5:15, 16; [ch. 8:7, 8; 1 Kgs. 9:20, 21]
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 : [1 Kgs. 5:16]
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 : For ver. 3-16, see 1 Kgs. 5:2-11
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 : 1 Chr. 14:1
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 : See Ex. 30:7
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 : See Lev. 24:5-8
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 : See Num. 28:3-8
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 : ch. 8:13; Num. 28:9, 11, 19, 26
- 2 Chronicles 2:5 : Ps. 135:5; [Ex. 15:11; 1 Chr. 16:25; Ps. 86:8]
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 : ch. 6:18; 1 Kgs. 8:27; Isa. 66:1; Acts 7:49
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 : ch. 6:18; 1 Kgs. 8:27; Isa. 66:1; Acts 7:49
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 : ver. 13, 14
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 : 1 Chr. 22:15
- 2 Chronicles 2:8 : ch. 9:10, 11
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 : [1 Kgs. 5:11]
- 2 Chronicles 2:11 : ch. 9:8; 1 Kgs. 10:9
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 : See Gen. 1:1
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 : [ver. 1]
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 : 1 Kgs. 7:14
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 : [ver. 7]
- 2 Chronicles 2:15 : ver. 10
- 2 Chronicles 2:16 : [1 Kgs. 5:9]
- 2 Chronicles 2:16 : See Josh. 19:46
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 : [1 Chr. 22:2]
- 2 Chronicles 2:18 : See ver. 2
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 : For ver. 1, 2, see 1 Kgs. 6:1
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 : Gen. 22:2, 14
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 : [1 Chr. 21:15, 18, 28]
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 : [Ezra 3:11]
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 : For ver. 3, 4, see 1 Kgs. 6:2, 3
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 : 1 Kgs. 6:17
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 : 1 Kgs. 6:29, 32
- 2 Chronicles 3:7 : [See ver. 5 above]; 1 Kgs. 6:29, 32
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 : [1 Kgs. 6:16]
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 : 1 Chr. 28:11
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 : For ver. 10-13, see 1 Kgs. 6:23-28
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 : [Ezek. 40:9]
- 2 Chronicles 3:14 : See Ex. 26:31
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 : For ver. 15, 16, see 1 Kgs. 7:15-20; [1 Kgs. 7:15; 2 Kgs. 25:17; Jer. 52:21]
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 : 1 Kgs. 7:21
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Romans 6
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
6 What shall we say then? (A)Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can (B)we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us (C)who have been baptized (D)into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were (E)buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as (F)Christ was raised from the dead by (G)the glory of the Father, we too might walk in (H)newness of life.
5 For (I)if we have been united with him in (J)a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that (K)our old self[a] (L)was crucified with him in order that (M)the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For (N)one who has died (O)has been set free[b] from sin. 8 Now (P)if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that (Q)Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; (R)death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, (S)once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves (T)dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not (U)sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 (V)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but (W)present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For (X)sin (Y)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Slaves to Righteousness
15 What then? (Z)Are we to sin (AA)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves (AB)to anyone as obedient slaves,[c] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But (AC)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the (AD)standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, (AE)having been set free from sin, (AF)have become slaves of righteousness. 19 (AG)I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For (AH)just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members (AI)as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20 (AJ)For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 (AK)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things (AL)of which you are now ashamed? (AM)For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you (AN)have been set free from sin and (AO)have become slaves of God, (AP)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and (AQ)its end, eternal life. 23 (AR)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Footnotes:
- Romans 6:6 Greek man
- Romans 6:7 Greek has been justified
- Romans 6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20
Cross references:
- Romans 6:1 : ver. 15; [ch. 3:8]
- Romans 6:2 : ver. 11; ch. 7:4, 6; Gal. 2:19; Col. 2:20; 3:3; 1 Pet. 2:24
- Romans 6:3 : Gal. 3:27
- Romans 6:3 : See Matt. 28:19
- Romans 6:4 : Col. 2:12
- Romans 6:4 : ver. 9; ch. 8:11; See Acts 2:24
- Romans 6:4 : [John 11:40; 2 Cor. 13:4]
- Romans 6:4 : 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; Eph. 4:23, 24; Col. 3:10; [ch. 7:6]
- Romans 6:5 : [2 Cor. 4:10]
- Romans 6:5 : Phil. 3:10, 11; [Col. 2:12; 3:1]
- Romans 6:6 : Eph. 4:22; Col. 3:9
- Romans 6:6 : Gal. 2:20; 5:24; 6:14
- Romans 6:6 : [ch. 7:24]
- Romans 6:7 : 1 Pet. 4:1
- Romans 6:7 : [ver. 18]
- Romans 6:8 : 2 Tim. 2:11; [2 Cor. 4:10; 13:4]
- Romans 6:9 : Acts 13:34; Rev. 1:18
- Romans 6:9 : [ch. 5:14, 17]
- Romans 6:10 : See Heb. 7:27
- Romans 6:11 : See ver. 2
- Romans 6:12 : ver. 14; Ps. 19:13; 119:133; Mic. 7:19; [2 Cor. 5:17]
- Romans 6:13 : ch. 7:5; Col. 3:5
- Romans 6:13 : ch. 12:1; 1 Pet. 2:24; 4:2
- Romans 6:14 : [ch. 8:2, 12]
- Romans 6:14 : See ver. 12
- Romans 6:15 : ver. 1
- Romans 6:15 : [1 Cor. 9:21]
- Romans 6:16 : [ver. 20; Matt. 6:24]; See John 8:34
- Romans 6:17 : See ch. 1:8
- Romans 6:17 : [2 Tim. 1:13]
- Romans 6:18 : ver. 22; ch. 8:2; [ver. 7]; See John 8:32
- Romans 6:18 : [ver. 22]
- Romans 6:19 : See ch. 3:5
- Romans 6:19 : See ver. 13
- Romans 6:19 : [1 Cor. 9:27]
- Romans 6:20 : See ver. 16
- Romans 6:21 : ch. 7:5; [Jer. 12:13]
- Romans 6:21 : [2 Cor. 4:2]
- Romans 6:21 : ch. 1:32; 8:6, 13; Prov. 14:12; Gal. 6:8
- Romans 6:22 : See ver. 18
- Romans 6:22 : 1 Cor. 7:22; 1 Pet. 2:16
- Romans 6:22 : ch. 7:4
- Romans 6:22 : 1 Pet. 1:9
- Romans 6:23 : [ch. 2:7]; See ch. 5:12
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Psalm 16
You Will Not Abandon My Soul
A (A)Miktam[a] of David.
16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I (B)take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
(C)I have no good apart from you.”
4 The sorrows of those who run after[c] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or (E)take their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is (F)my chosen portion and my (G)cup;
you hold my (H)lot.
6 (I)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the Lord who (J)gives me counsel;
in (K)the night also my (L)heart instructs me.[d]
8 (M)I have (N)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my (O)right hand, I shall not be (P)shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my (Q)whole being[e] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to (R)Sheol,
(S)or let your (T)holy one see (U)corruption.[f]
11 You make known to me (V)the path of life;
in your presence there is (W)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are (X)pleasures forevermore.
Footnotes:
- Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
- Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
- Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
- Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
- Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit
Cross references:
- Psalm 16:1 : [Ps. 56, title; 57, title; 60, title]
- Psalm 16:1 : See Ps. 11:1
- Psalm 16:2 : [Ps. 73:25]
- Psalm 16:3 : [Ex. 19:6; Deut. 7:6; 1 Pet. 2:9]
- Psalm 16:4 : Ex. 23:13; Josh. 23:7
- Psalm 16:5 : Ps. 73:26; 119:57; 142:5; Num. 18:20; Lam. 3:24; [Deut. 32:9; Jer. 10:16; 51:19]
- Psalm 16:5 : Ps. 23:5; 116:13
- Psalm 16:5 : Ps. 125:3
- Psalm 16:6 : Mic. 2:5
- Psalm 16:7 : See 1 Sam. 23:9-12; 2 Sam. 5:18, 19
- Psalm 16:7 : Ps. 17:3; See Ps. 42:8
- Psalm 16:7 : Ps. 7:9
- Psalm 16:8 : Cited Acts 2:25-28
- Psalm 16:8 : Ps. 119:30
- Psalm 16:8 : Ps. 109:31; 110:5; 121:5
- Psalm 16:8 : Ps. 10:6; 15:5
- Psalm 16:9 : Ps. 30:12; 57:8; 108:1; Gen. 49:6
- Psalm 16:10 : See Job 21:13
- Psalm 16:10 : Cited Acts 13:35
- Psalm 16:10 : Ps. 89:18; [Mark 1:24]
- Psalm 16:10 : Ps. 49:9; 103:4
- Psalm 16:11 : Matt. 7:14
- Psalm 16:11 : [Ps. 21:6]
- Psalm 16:11 : Ps. 36:8
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Proverbs 19:20-21
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.
21 (B)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but (C)it is the purpose of the Lord (D)that will stand.
Cross references:
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