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II Chronicles Chapter 1

II Chronicles
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II Chronicles

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The chapter opens with the death of King Solomon and the election of his son Rehoboam as ruler of Israel. Rehoboam faces a crisis as his people protest his harsh rule, and he decides to impose greater burdens, causing the northern kingdom to split into Israel and Judah. The narrative emphasizes how poor leadership can lead to lasting division.

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(1) And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
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I Kings 2:12I Kings 2:46Genesis 21:22Genesis 39:2Genesis 39:21Exodus 3:12I Chronicles 17:8Matthew 28:20I Chronicles 29:25Philippians 2:9Philippians 2:10Philippians 2:11

Related verses (shared words)

I Chronicles 29:25II Chronicles 11:17I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(2) Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
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II Chronicles 29:20II Chronicles 30:2II Chronicles 34:29II Chronicles 34:30I Chronicles 13:1I Chronicles 15:3I Chronicles 27:1I Chronicles 28:1I Chronicles 29:1I Chronicles 15:12I Chronicles 24:4I Chronicles 24:31

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Deuteronomy 1:15Numbers 31:48I Chronicles 28:1Numbers 31:14Numbers 31:52I Samuel 22:7

(3) So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
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I Kings 3:4I Kings 3:5I Kings 3:6I Kings 3:7I Kings 3:8I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:10I Kings 3:11I Kings 3:12I Kings 3:13I Kings 3:14I Kings 3:15

Related verses (shared words)

I Chronicles 21:29Exodus 33:7Numbers 1:50Numbers 3:25Numbers 4:25Numbers 9:15

(4) But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
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II Samuel 6:2II Samuel 6:17I Chronicles 13:5I Chronicles 13:6I Chronicles 15:1I Chronicles 15:25I Chronicles 15:26I Chronicles 15:27I Chronicles 15:28I Chronicles 16:1Psalms 132:5Psalms 132:6

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I Chronicles 15:1Genesis 31:33Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10I Samuel 7:1

(5) Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
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Exodus 27:1Exodus 27:2Exodus 27:3Exodus 27:4Exodus 27:5Exodus 27:6Exodus 27:7Exodus 27:8Exodus 38:1Exodus 38:2Exodus 38:3Exodus 38:4

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II Chronicles 7:7Exodus 33:7I Chronicles 2:20I Kings 11:40Exodus 31:2Exodus 35:30

(6) And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
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I Kings 3:4I Kings 8:63I Chronicles 29:21Isaiah 40:16

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I Kings 8:64II Chronicles 7:7I Kings 3:15Numbers 29:39II Samuel 6:17I Kings 8:63

(7) In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
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I Kings 3:5I Kings 3:6I Kings 3:7I Kings 3:8I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:10I Kings 3:11I Kings 3:12I Kings 3:13I Kings 3:14I Kings 3:15Proverbs 3:5

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I Kings 3:5I Kings 2:22I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(8) And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
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II Samuel 7:8II Samuel 7:9II Samuel 12:7II Samuel 12:8II Samuel 22:51II Samuel 23:1Psalms 86:13Psalms 89:20Psalms 89:21Psalms 89:22Psalms 89:23Psalms 89:24

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James 2:13I Kings 3:6I Kings 1:30I Kings 1:13I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53

(9) Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
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II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13II Samuel 7:14II Samuel 7:15II Samuel 7:16II Samuel 7:25II Samuel 7:26II Samuel 7:27II Samuel 7:28II Samuel 7:29I Chronicles 17:11I Chronicles 17:12

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Isaiah 29:5

(10) Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
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I Kings 3:9Psalms 119:34Psalms 119:73Proverbs 2:2Proverbs 2:3Proverbs 2:4Proverbs 2:5Proverbs 2:6Proverbs 3:13Proverbs 3:14Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 3:16

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II Chronicles 1:11Ecclesiastes 1:16Ecclesiastes 7:12I Kings 4:30

(11) And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
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I Samuel 16:7I Kings 3:11I Kings 3:12I Kings 3:13I Kings 8:18I Chronicles 28:2I Chronicles 29:17I Chronicles 29:18Proverbs 23:7Acts 5:4Hebrews 4:12I Kings 3:28

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I Kings 3:11II Chronicles 1:12I Kings 3:13I Kings 10:13Deuteronomy 30:20I Kings 3:10

(12) Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
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Matthew 6:33Ephesians 3:20II Chronicles 9:22I Chronicles 29:25Ecclesiastes 2:9James 1:5

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II Chronicles 1:11Ecclesiastes 1:16Ecclesiastes 7:12Romans 11:33Proverbs 8:18Ecclesiastes 6:2

(13) Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
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I Kings 4:24I Kings 4:25

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I Kings 2:11I Kings 4:21I Kings 14:21I Chronicles 29:27Exodus 33:7Numbers 1:50

(14) And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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II Chronicles 9:25Deuteronomy 17:16I Kings 4:26I Kings 10:16I Kings 10:26I Kings 10:27I Kings 10:28I Kings 10:29

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I Kings 10:26II Chronicles 9:25II Samuel 8:4I Chronicles 18:4I Kings 4:26I Samuel 8:11

(15) And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
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II Chronicles 1:12II Chronicles 9:27I Kings 10:27I Kings 10:28I Kings 10:29Job 22:24Job 22:25Isaiah 60:17Isaiah 9:10Amos 7:14

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II Chronicles 9:27I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 10:27II Chronicles 2:8Leviticus 23:40Numbers 24:6

(16) And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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II Chronicles 9:28I Kings 10:28I Kings 10:29

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I Kings 10:28Exodus 39:28Leviticus 16:4Esther 8:8Exodus 28:39Leviticus 6:10

(17) And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
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II Kings 10:29

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I Kings 10:29Exodus 30:23Joshua 7:21II Kings 1:13Ezra 8:26Ezekiel 48:17

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