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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 7:17-22 (NET)

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7:17 You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations . 7:18 Then I will establish your dynasty , just as I promised your father David , ‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel .’ 7:19 “But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods , 7:20 then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence , and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations . 7:21 As for this temple , which was once majestic , everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say , ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple ?’ 7:22 Others will then answer , ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors , who led them out of Egypt . They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served . That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

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  • 2Ch 7:11-22 -- The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

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  • The Book of Samuel covers the period of Israel's history bracketed by Samuel's conception and the end of David's reign. David turned the kingdom over to Solomon in 971 B.C.3David reigned for 40 and one-half years (2 Sam. 2:11...
  • The dominating theme in 1 Chronicles is the Davidic Covenant, the receiving of which was the most important event in David's life. God promised to give him an eternal kingdom, and He formalized that promise by making a covena...
  • Even though 1 and 2 Chronicles give one continuous story the emphasis in 2 Chronicles is different from that in 1 Chronicles. In 1 Chronicles the emphasis is the importance of the temple in national life. However in 2 Chronic...
  • (Continued from notes on 1 Chronicles)III. The reign of Solomon chs. 1-9A. Solomon's wisdom and prosperity ch. 1B. The building of the temple 2:1-5:11. Preparations for building the temple ch. 22. The temple proper 3:1-93. Th...
  • God responded to Solomon's prayer with a special revelation. He promised to grant the petitions of the people, as Solomon had requested, if they manifested a true heart for Him (vv. 12-14). Verses 13 and 14 are a short summar...
  • This section of the text is similar to 1 Chronicles 18-21. Those chapters showed how God did keep His promises to David that the Chronicler recorded in 1 Chronicles 17:8-12. These chapters (8-9) show how God kept His promise ...
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