2 Chronicles 2
King James Version · 18 verses · 210 cross-references linking it to 113 other chapters
Explore 2 Chronicles 2 in the interactive map- 1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.16 cross-references: 1 Kings 5:5, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 8:18, Deuteronomy 12:5
- 2And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.5 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 2:18, 1 Kings 5:15–16
- 3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.7 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Kings 5:1–11
- 4Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.25 cross-references: Exodus 30:7, Exodus 25:30, Exodus 29:38–42, 2 Chronicles 2:1, Leviticus 23:1–17
- 5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.21 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 16:25, Psalms 135:5, Exodus 15:11, 1 Timothy 6:15, Jeremiah 10:6
- 6But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?23 cross-references: 1 Kings 8:27, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Isaiah 66:1, Acts 7:48–49, Exodus 3:11
- 7Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.14 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 2:13–14, Exodus 31:3–5, 1 Chronicles 22:15–16, Isaiah 28:29, Isaiah 60:10
- 8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,11 cross-references: 1 Kings 5:6, 1 Kings 10:11, 2 Chronicles 9:10–11
- 9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.6 cross-references: 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 2:5, 2 Chronicles 7:21
- 10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.15 cross-references: 1 Kings 5:11, 1 Kings 7:26, Luke 10:7, Ezra 7:22, Romans 13:7–8
- 11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.14 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 9:8, 1 Kings 10:9, Psalms 72:17, Deuteronomy 7:7–8
- 12Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.29 cross-references: Psalms 33:6, 1 Peter 1:3, Revelation 4:11, 2 Chronicles 2:1, Psalms 146:5–6
- 13And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,6 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 4:16
- 14The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.9 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 2:7, 1 Kings 7:13–14, Exodus 31:3–4
- 15Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:3 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 2:10, 1 Kings 5:11
- 16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.11 cross-references: Joshua 19:46, 1 Kings 5:8–9, Ezra 3:7, Acts 10:32, John 1:3
- 17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.9 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 22:2, 2 Chronicles 8:7–8, 2 Chronicles 2:2, 1 Kings 5:13–16, 1 Kings 9:20–21
- 18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.6 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 2:2
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People in 2 Chronicles 2
Solomon, God, David, Hiram, Huram, Dan
Places in 2 Chronicles 2
Tyre, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Joppa
Hard questions about 2 Chronicles 2
- Did Solomon set 3,300 overseers over the work or 3,600?
- Did Solomon have 550 chief officers or 250?
- Was taking a census wrong in itself, when Moses and Solomon also numbered the people?
- Did Solomon give Hiram wheat and oil, or wheat, barley, wine and oil?
- Was the mother of Hiram the craftsman from Naphtali or from Dan?