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2 Chronicles Outline

      • Solomon’s request for wisdom (1-12)

      • Solomon’s wealth (13-17)

2 Chronicles 1:1

Marginal References

  • +1Ch 29:25; Ec 2:9; Mt 6:28, 29; 12:42

2 Chronicles 1:3

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 3:4; 1Ch 21:29

2 Chronicles 1:4

Marginal References

  • +1Ch 13:5
  • +1Ch 16:1

2 Chronicles 1:5

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “would inquire of Him there.”

Marginal References

  • +Ex 38:1, 2
  • +Ex 31:2-5

2 Chronicles 1:6

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 3:4

2 Chronicles 1:7

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 3:5-9

2 Chronicles 1:8

Marginal References

  • +2Sa 7:8
  • +1Ch 28:5; Ps 89:28, 29

2 Chronicles 1:9

Marginal References

  • +2Sa 7:12; 1Ch 28:6; Ps 132:11
  • +Ge 13:14, 16

2 Chronicles 1:10

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “to go out before this people and to come in.”

Marginal References

  • +Pr 2:6; Jas 1:5
  • +Ps 72:1, 2

2 Chronicles 1:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “soul.”

  • *

    Lit., “many days.”

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 3:10-13, 28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/2005, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w05 12/1 19

2 Chronicles 1:12

Marginal References

  • +1Ch 29:25; 2Ch 9:22; Ec 2:9

2 Chronicles 1:13

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 3:4

2 Chronicles 1:14

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “horsemen.”

  • *

    Or “horsemen.”

Marginal References

  • +De 17:16; 1Ki 4:26
  • +2Ch 8:5, 6
  • +2Ch 9:25

2 Chronicles 1:15

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 10:21
  • +1Ki 10:27; 2Ch 9:27

2 Chronicles 1:16

Footnotes

  • *

    Or possibly, “from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants would buy them from Kue,” perhaps referring to Cilicia.

Marginal References

  • +2Ch 9:28
  • +1Ki 10:28, 29

2 Chronicles 1:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1145

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1145;

    ad 792

Parallel Translations

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General

2 Chron. 1:11Ch 29:25; Ec 2:9; Mt 6:28, 29; 12:42
2 Chron. 1:31Ki 3:4; 1Ch 21:29
2 Chron. 1:41Ch 13:5
2 Chron. 1:41Ch 16:1
2 Chron. 1:5Ex 38:1, 2
2 Chron. 1:5Ex 31:2-5
2 Chron. 1:61Ki 3:4
2 Chron. 1:71Ki 3:5-9
2 Chron. 1:82Sa 7:8
2 Chron. 1:81Ch 28:5; Ps 89:28, 29
2 Chron. 1:92Sa 7:12; 1Ch 28:6; Ps 132:11
2 Chron. 1:9Ge 13:14, 16
2 Chron. 1:10Pr 2:6; Jas 1:5
2 Chron. 1:10Ps 72:1, 2
2 Chron. 1:111Ki 3:10-13, 28
2 Chron. 1:121Ch 29:25; 2Ch 9:22; Ec 2:9
2 Chron. 1:131Ki 3:4
2 Chron. 1:14De 17:16; 1Ki 4:26
2 Chron. 1:142Ch 8:5, 6
2 Chron. 1:142Ch 9:25
2 Chron. 1:151Ki 10:21
2 Chron. 1:151Ki 10:27; 2Ch 9:27
2 Chron. 1:162Ch 9:28
2 Chron. 1:161Ki 10:28, 29
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
2 Chronicles 1:1-17

The Second of Chronicles

1 Solʹo·mon the son of David grew ever stronger in his kingship, and Jehovah his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.+

2 Solʹo·mon sent for all Israel, the chiefs of the thousands and of the hundreds, the judges, and all the chieftains of all Israel, the heads of the paternal houses. 3 Then Solʹo·mon and all the congregation went to the high place at Gibʹe·on,+ for that was where the tent of meeting of the true God was, which tent Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness. 4 However, David had brought the Ark of the true God up from Kirʹi·ath-jeʹa·rim+ to the place that David had prepared for it; he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.+ 5 And the copper altar+ that Bezʹal·el+ the son of Uʹri the son of Hur had made had been put before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solʹo·mon and the congregation would pray before it.* 6 Solʹo·mon now made offerings there before Jehovah, and he offered up 1,000 burnt offerings on the copper altar+ of the tent of meeting.

7 That night God appeared to Solʹo·mon and said to him: “Ask what you would like me to give you.”+ 8 At this Solʹo·mon said to God: “You have shown great loyal love toward my father David,+ and you have made me king in his place.+ 9 Now, O Jehovah God, let your promise to David my father prove faithful,+ for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust particles of the earth.+ 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge+ to lead this people,* for who can possibly judge this great people of yours?”+

11 Then God said to Solʹo·mon: “Because this is your heart’s desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches, and honor or for the death* of those hating you, nor have you asked for a long life,* but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge to judge my people over whom I have made you king,+ 12 wisdom and knowledge will be given you; but I will also give you wealth and riches and honor such as no kings before you have had and none after you will have.”+

13 So Solʹo·mon came from the high place at Gibʹe·on,+ from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel. 14 Solʹo·mon kept accumulating chariots and horses;* he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses,*+ and he kept them stationed in the chariot cities+ and close by the king in Jerusalem.+ 15 The king made the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as plentiful as the stones,+ and cedarwood as plentiful as the sycamore trees in the She·pheʹlah.+ 16 The horses of Solʹo·mon had been imported from Egypt,+ and the company of the king’s merchants would obtain the horses in droves* for one price.+ 17 Each chariot imported from Egypt cost 600 silver pieces, and a horse cost 150; in turn, they would export them to all the kings of the Hitʹtites and the kings of Syria.

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