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2 Chronicles 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:1 - And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - Then Solomon, and all the men of Israel with him, went to the high place at Gibeon, because the Tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the waste land, was there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - And the altar of brass which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the Tent of the Lord; and Solomon and all the people went to give worship there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6 - And Solomon went up there to the brass altar before the Lord at the Tent of meeting, offering on it a thousand burned offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:7 - In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:10 - Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11 - And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:12 - Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.
(1Ki 10:26–29; 2Ch 9:25–28 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

Solomon's Wealth

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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2 Chronicles Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras