2 Chronicles 2:4
See, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to set it apart to him, to burn incense of sweet spices before him, to set out the bread of the presence, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts for Yahweh our God. This is forever, for Israel.
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5The house that I will build will be very large, for our God is greater than all other gods.
Cross References
Exodus 29:38You must regularly offer on the altar every day two lambs a year old.
Leviticus 23:1Yahweh spoke to Moses:
Numbers 28:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
1 Kings 8:63Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh: twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 2:1Now Solomon commanded the building of a house for Yahweh's name and the building of a palace for his kingdom.
Psalms 96:4For Yahweh is great and is to be praised greatly. 1 He is to be feared above all other gods. 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 →