He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. (2 Chronicles 4:9) This note about different courts in the temple - an inner one where only priests could go and an outer one open to all Israelites...
Then Solomon began to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. (2 Chronicles 3:1) The temple was built on Mount Moriah where God provided Abraham...
But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him? (2 Chronicles 2:6) Solomon recognized the inadequacy of himself...
“Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of yours?” (2 Chronicles 1:10) God offers to give Solomon whatever he asks, but Solomon does not ask for any of the things that we might expect like wealth and...
I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to you. (1 Chronicles 29:17) David’s...
“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he...
Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.(1 Chronicles 27:33) David stood alone as king over Israel, but he did not rule alone, as he had others in his life. Here we see someone who served as a counselor to him. This position is probably an...
These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the Lord’s temple, just as their relatives did. (1 Chronicles 26:12) David’s preparations for the future temple did not just include organizing musicians and priests, as we see him organize gatekeepers and those in charge of...
David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. (1 Chronicles 25:1) Rather than saying that these three families were appointed to play music, it says they were to “prophesy”...
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. (1 Chronicles 24:2) The reason for Nadab and Abihu’s early deaths was not disease but disobedience, as they decided to worship God according to their own inventions rather than God’s...