2 Chronicles 1 (NET)

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2 Chronicles 1:1¹Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, for the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:25 1 Kgs 2:12 Gen 39:2 Gen 21:22 1 Chr 17:8 1 Kgs 2:46 Exod 3:12 Gen 39:21 Phil 2:9-11 Matt 28:20

2 Chronicles 1:2²Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:1 1 Chr 27:1 1 Chr 13:1 1 Chr 15:12 1 Chr 15:3 1 Chr 24:31 1 Chr 24:4 1 Chr 29:1 2 Chr 29:20 2 Chr 30:2

2 Chronicles 1:3³Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God was located there, which Moses the Lord ’s servant had made in the wilderness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 16:39 1 Chr 21:29 1 Kgs 3:4-15 Deut 34:5 Exod 26:1-37 Exod 36:8 Exod 40:2 Exod 40:34 Lev 1:1

2 Chronicles 1:4⁴(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 15:25-28 2 Sam 6:17 2 Sam 6:2 1 Chr 15:1 1 Chr 16:1 1 Chr 13:5-6 Ps 132:5-6

2 Chronicles 1:5⁵But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the Lord ’s tabernacle. Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him there.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 31:2 Exod 38:1-7 1 Chr 13:3 1 Chr 2:19-20 Exod 27:1-8

2 Chronicles 1:6⁶Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord which was at the meeting tent, and he offered up 1,000 burnt sacrifices.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:4 1 Chr 29:21 1 Kgs 8:63 Isa 40:16

2 Chronicles 1:7⁷That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me what I should give you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 7:7-8 1 John 5:14-15 John 16:23 Prov 3:5-6 1 Kgs 3:5-15 Mark 10:36-37 Mark 10:51

2 Chronicles 1:8⁸Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:5 Isa 55:3 1 Chr 29:23 2 Sam 12:7-8 2 Sam 22:51-23:1 2 Sam 7:8-9 Ps 86:13 Ps 89:20-28 Ps 89:49

2 Chronicles 1:9⁹Now, Lord God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:12-16 Gen 13:16 Gen 22:17 Ps 132:11-12 Ps 89:35-37 1 Chr 17:11-14 1 Chr 17:23-27 1 Chr 28:6-7 1 Kgs 3:7-8 2 Sam 7:25-29

2 Chronicles 1:10¹⁰Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:9 Prov 2:2-6 Prov 4:7 2 Sam 5:2 Jas 1:5 Prov 3:13-18 Ps 119:34 Ps 119:73 2 Cor 3:5 Num 27:17

2 Chronicles 1:11¹¹God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, and because you did not ask for long life, but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 3:17 Prov 23:7 1 Sam 16:7 1 Chr 29:17-18 1 Kgs 3:11-13 1 Kgs 3:28 Jas 3:13 1 Chr 28:2 1 Kgs 8:18 Acts 5:4

2 Chronicles 1:12¹²you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 1:5 2 Chr 9:22 Matt 6:33 Eph 3:20 1 Chr 29:25 Eccl 2:9

2 Chronicles 1:13¹³Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 4:24-25 2 Chr 1:3

2 Chronicles 1:14¹⁴Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 4:26 1 Kgs 10:26-29 1 Kgs 9:19 2 Chr 9:25 1 Kgs 10:16 Deut 17:16

2 Chronicles 1:15¹⁵The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 9:27 1 Kgs 10:27-29 2 Chr 1:12 Amos 7:14 Isa 60:17 Isa 9:10 Job 22:24-25

2 Chronicles 1:16¹⁶Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 10:28-29 2 Chr 9:28

2 Chronicles 1:17¹⁷They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:29