2 Chronicles 2:4
behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and to offer show bread continually, and to offer up whole burnt offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this is a perpetual statute for Israel.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the house which I am building is to be great: for the Lord our God is great beyond all gods.
Cross References
Exodus 29:38And these are the offerings which you shall offer upon the altar; two unblemished lambs of a year old daily on the altar continually, a constant offering.
Leviticus 23:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 28:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
1 Kings 8:63And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, one hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 2:1And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
Psalms 96:4His lightnings appeared to the world; the earth saw, and trembled. 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:2-11
Preparations to Build the Temple. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the Lord , and a house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. 4 Behold, I build a… Read the whole commentary →