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2 Chronicles · read by G.W. North
33 verses, in order. Only the verses G.W. read aloud are shown.
2 Chronicles 1
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Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.Read from KJV · Fire on the Altar
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Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.Read from KJV · Burning for God
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And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God's Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.Read from KJV · Fire on the Altar
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Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Burning for God
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But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.Read from KJV · Choose Fire
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Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.Read from KJV · Choose Fire
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Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.Read from KJV · Choose Fire
2 Chronicles 2
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The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.Read from KJV · Fire on the Altar
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But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?Read from KJV · Burning for God
2 Chronicles 5
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all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.Read from KJV · Burning for God
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The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: "For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever." And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloudRead from KJV · Burning for God
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so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.Read from KJV · Choose Fire
2 Chronicles 6
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Then Solomon declared: "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;Read from ESV · Choose Fire
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And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them allRead from KJV · Choose Fire
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Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.Read from KJV · Fire on the Altar
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Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,Read from KJV · Fire on the Altar
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But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.Read from KJV · Burning for God
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Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.Read from KJV · Choose Fire
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Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.Read from KJV · Fire on the Altar
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O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David."Read from KJV · Choose Fire
2 Chronicles 7
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When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.Read from KJV · Fire on the Altar
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Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.Read from NKJV · Fire on the Altar
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Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.Read from KJV · Choose Fire
2 Chronicles 13
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In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam's reign, Abijah became king of Judah,Read from KJV · Burning for God
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and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, "Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt ?Read from KJV · Burning for God
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Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.Read from KJV · Burning for God
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Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David's descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge