2 Chronicles 6:16
6:16 Now, O
Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,
provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’
2 Chronicles 7:18
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.’
2 Chronicles 21:7
21:7 But the
Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty
because of the promise
he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.
2 Chronicles 21:2
Jehoram’s Reign
21:2 His brothers, Jehoshaphat’s sons, were Azariah, Jechiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All of these were sons of King Jehoshaphat of Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:12
7:12 the
Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered
your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.
2 Chronicles 7:16
7:16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home;
I will be constantly present there.
2 Chronicles 7:1
Solomon Dedicates the Temple
7:1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord’s splendor filled the temple.
2 Chronicles 2:4
2:4 Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor
the
Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed,
and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the
Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.
2 Chronicles 9:5
9:5 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight
was true!
2 Chronicles 9:1
Solomon Entertains a Queen
9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
2 Chronicles 9:9-27
9:9 She gave the king 120 talents
of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.
9:10 (Huram’s
servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as
fine
timber and precious gems.
9:11 With the timber the king made steps
for the
Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments
for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that.
)
9:12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him.
Then she left and returned
to her homeland with her attendants.
Solomon’s Wealth
9:13 Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,
9:14 besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
9:15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.
9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
9:17 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
9:18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.
9:19 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.
9:20 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.
9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram’s men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
9:22 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.
9:23 All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.
9:24 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
9:25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.
9:26 He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt.
9:27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.
Psalms 89:29
89:29 I will give him an eternal dynasty,
and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.
Psalms 89:36
89:36 His dynasty will last forever.
His throne will endure before me, like the sun,