2 Chronicles 1
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Now a Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and b the LORD his God was with him and c exalted him exceedingly.
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And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to d the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses.
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Then Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at e Gibeon; for the tabernacle of meeting with God was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had f made in the wilderness.
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g But David had brought up the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim to the place David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
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Now h the bronze altar that i Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD; Solomon and the assembly sought Him there.
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And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of meeting, and j offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
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k On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask! What shall I give you?"
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And Solomon said to God: "You have shown great l mercy to David my father, and have made me m king in his place.
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"Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to David my father be established, n for You have made me king over a people like the o dust of the earth in multitude.
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p "Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may q go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?"
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r Then God said to Solomon: "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life - but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king -
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"wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as s none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like."
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So Solomon came to Jerusalem from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tabernacle of meeting, and reigned over Israel.
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t And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
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u Also the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
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v And Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Ke-veh'; the king's merchants bought them in Ke-veh' at the current price.
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They also acquired and imported from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty; thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
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1 Kings 2:46
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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Genesis 39:2
The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
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1 Chronicles 29:25
So the LORD exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
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1 Chronicles 27:1 - 34
And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers' houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.
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1 Kings 3:4
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place that was at Gibeon.
1 Chronicles 21:29
For the tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of the burnt offering, which Moses had made in the wilderness, were at that time at the high place in Gibeon.
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Exodus 25:1
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
Exodus 27:1
You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide - the altar shall be square - and its height shall be three cubits.
Exodus 35:4
And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying:
Exodus 36:38
And its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.
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Exodus 25:10 - 22
And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
2 Samuel 6:2 - 17
And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name, the LORD of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.
1 Chronicles 15:25
So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of ObedE'dom with joy.
1 Chronicles 16:1
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
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Exodus 27:1
You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide - the altar shall be square - and its height shall be three cubits.
Exodus 27:2
You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 38:1
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width - it was square - and its height was three cubits.
Exodus 38:2
He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with bronze.
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Exodus 31:2
See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
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1 Kings 3:4
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
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1 Kings 3:5 - 14
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask! What shall I give you?
1 Kings 9:2
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
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Psalms 18:50
Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.
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1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
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2 Samuel 7:8 - 16
Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.
1 Kings 3:7
Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
1 Kings 3:8
And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
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Genesis 13:16
And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.
Numbers 23:10
"Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my end be like his!"
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1 Kings 3:9
"Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"
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Numbers 27:17
"who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd."
Deuteronomy 31:2
And he said to them: "I am one hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also the LORD has said to me, 'You shall not cross over this Jordan.
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1 Kings 3:11 - 13
Then God said to him: "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice.
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1 Kings 10:23
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
1 Chronicles 29:25
So the LORD exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
2 Chronicles 9:22
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 2:9
So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
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1 Kings 10:26
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 9:25
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 10:27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
2 Chronicles 9:27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
Job 22:24
Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
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1 Kings 10:28
Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Ke-veh'; the king's merchants bought them in Ke-veh' at the current price.
1 Kings 22:36
Then, as the sun was going down, a shout went throughout the army, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his own country!
2 Chronicles 9:28
And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.
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