He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.

When Athaliah heard the royal guard shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd at the Lord’s temple.

Hilkiah informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.

The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.

He was committed to following the Lord; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,

Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord.

Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple.

The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple.

He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

They handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it.

Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God was located there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness.

Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power.

But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.