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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 7:21-22 (NET)

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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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