He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.

He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.

Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze.

then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.

He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.

He commanded them: “Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with honesty, and with pure motives.

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

Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil.

This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.

He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.

The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.

He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.