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  2 Chronicles 1-3


1:1 Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
1:2 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel-- to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families--
1:3 and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon, for God's Tent of Meeting was there, which Moses the LORD's servant had made in the desert.
1:4 Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
1:5 But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the LORD; so Solomon and the assembly inquired of him there.
1:6 Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
1:7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
1:8 Solomon answered God, "You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place.
1:9 Now, LORD God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.
1:10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?"
1:11 God said to Solomon, "Since this is your heart's desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king,
1:12 therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, riches and honor, such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have."
1:13 Then Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting. And he reigned over Israel.
1:14 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
1:15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
1:16 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue--the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
1:17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.
2:1 Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
2:2 He conscripted seventy thousand men as carriers and eighty thousand as stonecutters in the hills and thirty-six hundred as foremen over them.
2:3 Solomon sent this message to Hiram king of Tyre
2:4 Now I am about to build a temple for the Name of the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for setting out the consecrated bread regularly, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening and on Sabbaths and New Moons and at the appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is a lasting ordinance for Israel.
2:5 "The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods.
2:6 But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? Who then am I to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?
2:7 "Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled craftsmen, whom my father David provided.
2:8 "Send me also cedar, pine and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your men are skilled in cutting timber there. My men will work with yours
2:9 to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent.
2:10 I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil."
2:11 Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon
2:12 And Hiram added
2:13 "I am sending you Huram-Abi, a man of great skill,
2:14 whose mother was from Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any design given to him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, David your father.
2:15 "Now let my lord send his servants the wheat and barley and the olive oil and wine he promised,
2:16 and we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them in rafts by sea down to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem."
2:17 Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.
2:18 He assigned 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.
3:1 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.
3:2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3:3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide (using the cubit of the old standard).
3:4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits long across the width of the building and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
3:5 He paneled the main hall with pine and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.
3:6 He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.
3:7 He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
3:8 He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple-- twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
3:9 The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
3:10 In the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.
3:11 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.
3:12 Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.
3:13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.
3:14 He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.
3:15 In the front of the temple he made two pillars, which [together] were thirty-five cubits long, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
3:16 He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.
3:17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.

  John  10


10:1 "I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
10:2 The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep.
10:3 The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
10:4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
10:5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice."
10:6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
10:7 Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
10:8 All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
10:9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.
10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
10:12 The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
10:13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
10:14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--
10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the sheep.
10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
10:17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life-- only to take it up again.
10:18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
10:19 At these words the Jews were again divided.
10:20 Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?"
10:21 But others said, "These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
10:22 Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,
10:23 and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade.
10:24 The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
10:25 Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me,
10:26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
10:27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
10:28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.
10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
10:30 I and the Father are one."
10:31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him,
10:32 but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"
10:33 "We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
10:34 Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, "I have said you are gods"?
10:35 If he called them "gods," to whom the word of God came-- and the Scripture cannot be broken--
10:36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, "I am God's Son"?
10:37 Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does.
10:38 But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
10:39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
10:40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. Here he stayed
10:41 and many people came to him. They said, "Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true."
10:42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.