2 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1 – New International Version (NIV) Solomon Asks for Wisdom Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. Then Solomon spoke to all Israel—to the commanders of...

2 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2 – New International Version (NIV) Preparations for Building the Temple [a]Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself. He conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills...

2 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3 – New International Version (NIV) Solomon Builds the Temple Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite,...

2 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 4 – New International Version (NIV) The Temple’s Furnishings He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.[a] He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five...

2 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 5 – New International Version (NIV) When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries...