Thematic Bible
2 Chronicles 8:1 (show verse)
Now it came about at the end of the twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house (palace),
2 Chronicles 8:2 (show verse)
that he built and fortified the cities which Huram (Hiram) had given to him, and settled the Israelites there.
2 Chronicles 8:3 (show verse)
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
2 Chronicles 8:4 (show verse)
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all his storage cities in Hamath.
2 Chronicles 8:5 (show verse)
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars [to lock the gates];
2 Chronicles 8:6 (show verse)
and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
2 Chronicles 8:7 (show verse)
All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
2 Chronicles 8:8 (show verse)
but were descendants of those who were left in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon brought them up as forced laborers to this day.
2 Chronicles 8:9 (show verse)
But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were men of war, his chief captains, and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.
2 Chronicles 8:10 (show verse)
These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty [in authority] who ruled over the people.
2 Chronicles 8:11 (show verse)
Then Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David into the house (palace) he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”
2 Chronicles 8:12 (show verse)
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built in front of the porch [of the temple],
2 Chronicles 8:13 (show verse)
a certain number every day, offering them up as Moses commanded for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles).
Feast of the new moon » Observed with great solemnity
Feasts » Of tabernacles
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Designated as solemn feasts
the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Sacrificing
the anniversary Feasts » Called » Solemn feasts
Solomon » Renews » Priesthood
Feast of Tabernacles » Ingathering, held 15th to the 22nd of ethanim (october), as a thanksgiving for the harvest » The people dwelt in booths to commemorate life in the wilderness
Feasts » Of tabernacles
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Designated as solemn feasts
the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Sacrificing
the anniversary Feasts » Called » Solemn feasts
Solomon » Renews » Priesthood
Feast of Tabernacles » Ingathering, held 15th to the 22nd of ethanim (october), as a thanksgiving for the harvest » The people dwelt in booths to commemorate life in the wilderness
2 Chronicles 8:14 (show verse)
Now in accordance with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering and serving before the priests as every day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded.
Daily duty » Gathering the manna
Duty » Daily » Gathering the manna
Gates » Of the temple » Levites the porters of
the Levites » David » Made them attend in courses
Priest » The time of moses » Twenty-four divisions (shifts) of
priests » Divided by david into twenty-four courses
Solomon » Renews » Priesthood
Duty » Daily » Gathering the manna
Gates » Of the temple » Levites the porters of
the Levites » David » Made them attend in courses
Priest » The time of moses » Twenty-four divisions (shifts) of
priests » Divided by david into twenty-four courses
Solomon » Renews » Priesthood
2 Chronicles 8:15 (show verse)
And they did not deviate from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any respect or in regard to the storehouses or treasuries.
2 Chronicles 8:16 (show verse)
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.
2 Chronicles 8:17 (show verse)
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the [Red] Sea in the land of Edom.
2 Chronicles 8:18 (show verse)
And Huram (Hiram) sent him, by his servants, ships and servants familiar with the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.