Bible Cross References
A. M. 3029-3032. B.C. 975-972. strengthened
2 Chronicles 12:1
Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of Jehovah.
three years
2 Chronicles 1:1-12
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And Solomon the son of David strengthened himself in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him and highly magnified him.
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And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers;
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and Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness, was there.
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But David had brought up the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim to the place David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
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And the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.
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And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Jehovah, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
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That night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
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And Solomon said to God: You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
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Now, O Jehovah God, let Your promise to David my father be established, for You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth for multitude.
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Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?
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And God said to Solomon: Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king;
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wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you have had, nor shall any after you have the like.
2 Chronicles 7:17-19
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As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David has walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments,
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then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man ruling in Israel.
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But if you turn back and have forsaken My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them,
2 Chronicles 8:13-16
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according to the matter of each day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the three appointed yearly feasts; the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths.
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And, according to the ordinance of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the charge of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for thus was the commandment of David the man of God.
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They did not depart from the command of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.
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And all the work of Solomon was steadfast from the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah until it was finished. Thus the house of Jehovah was completed.
Hosea 6:4
O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your goodness is like a morning cloud, and it goes away like the early dew.
Matthew 13:20
That which was sown on stony places, this is he who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy;
Matthew 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when affliction or persecution arises because of the Word, immediately he stumbles.