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2 Chronicles Chapter 2 Inductive Bible Study - Outline, Key Words, Cross References, Observations, Discussion Questions

Temple Construction Preparation

Chapter 2:1-18

Plans

1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

2 So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them.

3 Then Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, " As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me.

4 "Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the LORD our God, this being required forever in Israel.

5 "The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

6 "But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him?

Provisions

7 "Now send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

8 " Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed my servants will work with your servants,

9 to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

Payment

10 "Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil."

Praise

11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, answered in a letter sent to Solomon: " Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them."

12 Then Huram continued, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

Personnel

13 "Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

14 the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father.

15 "Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken.

16 " We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem."

17 Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.

18 He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.

Key Words

· Lord 8

· build 8

· house 8

· work 6

· God 5

· servant 5

· father 5

· timber 5

· know 5

· Solomon 5

· David 5

· men 4

· Huram 4

· skill 4

· how 4

· send 4

· king 4

· carry 3

· israel 3

· cut 3

· make 3

· sent 3

· heaven 3

· Lebanon 3

Titles

Temple Construction Preparation

Outline

I. Plans 1-6

II. Provisions 7-9

III. Payment 10

IV. Praise 11-12

V. Personnel 13-18

Cross References, Questions, Observations

1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

1 Ki 5:5

5 "Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.'

2 So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them.

1 Ki 5:15-16

15 Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,

16 besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work.

1 Ki 5:13-14

13 Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.

14 He sent them to Lebanon,10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers.

Ecc 2:4-6

4 I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself;

5 I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;

6 I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees.

1) On average, each supervisor was in charge of 41 2/3 men.

2) No women are listed as workers on the temple construction.

3) 2,240,000,000 man hours

3 Then Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, " As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me.

2 Sa 5:11

11 Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.

Ex 25:30

30 "You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

Ex 30:7

7 "Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps.

Ex 29:38-42

38 "Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one year old lambs each day, continuously.

39 "The one lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

40 and there shall be one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb.

41 "The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it the same grain offering and the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.

42 "It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.

Nu 28:3-4

3 " You shall say to them, 'This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day.

4'You shall offer the one lamb in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

Nu 28:9-11

9'Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering:

10'This is the burnt offering of every sabbath in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

11'Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect;

5 "The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

1 Ch 16:25

25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.

Ps 86:8

8 There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works like Yours.

Ps 135:5

5 For I know that the LORD is great And that our Lord is above all gods.

Ps 145:3

3 Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable.

Jer 10:6

6 There is none like You, O LORD; You are great, and great is Your name in might.

a) How long would it take Solomon to build the temple? 7 years

1 Ki 6:38

38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.

6 "But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him?

Isaiah 66:1

1 Heaven Is God's Throne Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?

Ac 7:48-49

48 "However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

49'HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?

1 Ki 8:27

27 "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

2 Ch 6:18

18 "But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

Ex 31:3-6

3 "I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,

4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

5 and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

6 "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

a) Why didn’t Solomon select a skilled man from among the children of Israel to be the head craftsman for the project?

8 " Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed my servants will work with your servants,

Hos 14:5-6

5 I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

6 His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

Ps 72:16

16 May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon ; And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth.

SS 5:15

15 "His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars.

1 Ki 10:11

11 Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones.

9 to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

Ex 36:6-7

6 So Moses issued a command, and a proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary." Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.

7 For the material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.

2 Ch 2:5

5 "The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

2 Ch 7:21

21 "As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ' Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'

10 "Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil."

1 kor = 35.24 liters

1 Ki 5:11-12

11 Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

12 The LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant.

Lk 10:7

7 "Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.

Ro 13:7

7 Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

1 Co 9:7-10

7 Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?

8 I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things?

9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING." God is not concerned about oxen, is He?

10 Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops.

Php 4:18

18 But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

2 Ti 2:6

6 The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.

11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, answered in a letter sent to Solomon: " Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them."

Dt 7:7-8

7 " The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,

8 but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

1 Ki 10:9

9 " Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness."

2 Ch 9:8

8 "Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the LORD your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."

1 Ki 3:12

12 behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.

Ecc 1:16

16 I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."

13 "Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

a) Was this chief craftsman related to the King of Tyre?

b) What significance was there to the similarities of their names?

15 "Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken.

16 " We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem."

Php 4:19

19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

17 Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.

18 He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.

1) Assuming an average 40 hours/week per person and 50 weeks/year, it required 2,150,400,000 man hours to complete the temple.

Key Verse

5 "The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

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Central Teaching

Great accomplishments usually require careful planning, adequate preparation, a lot of hard work, and a significant amount of time.

Application

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