2 Chronicles 2:1
Now Solomon commanded the building of a house for Yahweh's name and the building of a palace for his kingdom.
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And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
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Deuteronomy 12:5But to the place that Yahweh your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name, that will be the place where he lives, and it is there that you will go.
Deuteronomy 28:58If you do not keep all the words of this law that are written in this book, so as to honor this glorious and fearful name, Yahweh your God,
1 Kings 5:15Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand who were stonecutters in the mountains,
1 Kings 8:18But Yahweh said to David my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.
1 Kings 9:1After Solomon had finished building the house of Yahweh and the king's palace, and after he had accomplished all that he wanted to do,
Matthew 6:9Therefore pray like this: 1 'Our Father in heaven, 2 may your name be sanctified. 2
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon's trading, which we read of in the close of the foregoing chapter, and the encouragement he gave both to merchandise and manufacturers, were very commendable. But building was the work he was designed for, and to that business he is here applying himself. Here is, I. Solomon's determination to build the temple and a royal palace, and his appointing labourers to be employed herein, ver. 1, 2 , 17 , 18 . II. His request to Huram king of Tyre to furnish him both with artists and materials, ver. 3-10 . III.… Read the whole commentary →