Discovery Box| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 23:6 |
| No one must enter the <sc>Lordsc>’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 <sc>Lordsc>. |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 23:10 |
| He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.<n id="1" /> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 23:13 |
| Then she saw<n id="1" /> the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!”<n id="2" /> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 23:20 |
| He summoned<n id="1" /> the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne. |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 24:5 |
| He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.p> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 24:14 |
| When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple.p> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 25:5 |
| <p class="bodytext">Amaziah assembled the people of Judah<n id="1" /> and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age<n id="2" /> equipped with spears and shields.<n id="3" /> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 25:7 |
| <p class="bodytext">But a prophet<n id="1" /> visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the <sc>Lordsc> is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.<n id="2" /> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 26:20 |
| When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at<n id="1" /> him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king<n id="2" /> himself wanted to leave quickly because the <sc>Lordsc> had afflicted him. |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 28:23 |
| He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him.<n id="1" /> He reasoned,<n id="2" /> “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble. |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 28:24 |
| Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem. |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 29:16 |
| The priests then entered the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside.<n id="1" /> The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley. |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 29:31 |
| Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so<n id="3" /> brought burnt sacrifices.p> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 29:34 |
| But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals,<n id="1" /> so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.)<n id="2" /> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 30:1 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> and observe a Passover celebration for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel. |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 30:5 |
| So they sent an edict<n id="1" /> throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people<n id="2" /> to come and observe a Passover for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law.<n id="3" /> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 30:6 |
| Messengers<n id="1" /> delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.p> <p class="bodytext">This royal edict read:<n id="2" /> “O Israelites, return to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return<n id="3" /> to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.<n id="4" /> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 30:22 |
| Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites,<n id="1" /> who demonstrated great skill in serving the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" /> They feasted for the seven days of the festival,<n id="3" /> and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.p> |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 32:4 |
| A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district.<n id="1" /> They reasoned,<n id="2" /> “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” |
| (0.94604411764706) | 2Ch 32:5 |
| Hezekiah<n id="1" /> energetically rebuilt<n id="2" /> every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall,<n id="3" /> and fortified the terrace of the City of David.<n id="4" /> He made many weapons and shields.p> |
