He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.

Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.

The officials were very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners.

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’

Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.

They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.

He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.

Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

They placed his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family.

(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,

Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.

The Lord takes notice of us, he will bless – he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.

O family of Israel, praise the Lord! O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!