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2 Chronicles Chapter 8 Inductive Bible Study - Outline, Key Words, Cross References, Observations, Discussion Questions
Solomon’s Many Accomplishments
Chapter 8:1--18
Solomon’s Construction Projects
1 Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house
2 that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.
3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.
5 He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;
6 and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
Slaves and Soldiers
7 All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
8 namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day.
9 But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.
10 These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled over the people.
A House for Pharaoh’s daughter
11 Then Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of the LORD has entered."
Solomon Offers Burnt offerings
12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch;
13 and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new moons and the three annual feasts — the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths.
Priest s’ and Levites’ Duties Assigned
14 Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded.
15 And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.
Work Completed and Wealth Amassed
16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom.
18 And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon's servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
Key Words
· Solomon 13
· city 7
· built 7
· Lord 6
· house 6
· Israel 5
· feast 4
· accord 4
· David 4
· king 4
· rule 3
· priest 3
· servant 3
· land 3
· son 3
· Levites 2
· command 2
· chief 2
· chariot 2
· Huram 2
· brought 2
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Titles
Solomon’s Endeavors
Solomon’s Many Accomplishments
Outline
I. Solomon’s Construction Projects 1-6
II. Slaves and Soldiers 7-10
III. A House for Pharaoh’s daughter 11
IV. Solomon Offers Burnt offerings 12-13
V. Priest s’ and Levites’ Duties Assigned 14-15
VI. Work Completed and Wealth Amassed 16-18
Cross References, Questions, Observations
1 Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house
1 Ki 9:10
It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house
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2 that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.
1 Ch 18:3
3 David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his rule to the Euphrates River.
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3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
1 Ch 18:3
3 David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his rule to the Euphrates River.
1 Ki 11:23-25
23 God also raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
24 He gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed there, and reigned in Damascus.
25 So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram.
a) Why do we have to fight the same enemies again and again?
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4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.
1 Ki 9:17-19
17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon
18 and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,
19 and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
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5 He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;
1 Ch 7:24
24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.
Jos 16:3
3 It went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of lower Beth-horon even to Gezer, and it ended at the sea.
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6 and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
1 Ki 9:19
19 and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
2 Ch 8:4
4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.
1 Ki 10:26
26 Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
2 Ch 1:14
14 Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Ki 9:19
19 and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
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7 All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
1 Ki 9:20-21
20 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,
21 their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day.
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8 namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day.
Dt 7:1-2
1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you,
2 and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them.
Ps 106:34
34 They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them,
a) Was Solomon wrong in not destroying these people?
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9 But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.
Ex 19:5-6
5'Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel."
Lev 25:39-46
39' If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.
40'He shall be with you as a hired man, as if he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.
41'He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers.
42'For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.
43' You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.
44'As for your male and female slaves whom you may have — you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.
45'Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live as aliens among you that you may gain acquisition, and out of their families who are with you, whom they will have produced in your land; they also may become your possession.
46'You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.
Gal 4:26
26 But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.
Gal 4:31
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the free woman.
1 Sa 8:11-12
11 He said, " This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.
12 " He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
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10 These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled over the people.
1 Ki 5:16
16 besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work.
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11 Then Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of the LORD has entered."
1 Ki 3:1
1 Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.
a) Why did Solomon build a house for his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter?
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12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch;
2 Ch 4:1
4:1 Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.
Joel 2:17
17 Let the priests, the LORD'S ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, " Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not make Your inheritance a reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, ' Where is their God?'"
Jn 10:23
23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.
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1) Solomon was devoted and faithful in His worship of the Lord.
13 and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new moons and the three annual feasts — the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths.
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.
Eze 45:17
17 "It shall be the prince's part to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the drink offerings, at the feasts, on the new moons and on the sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel."
Eze 46:3-15
3 "The people of the land shall also worship at the doorway of that gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and on the new moons.
4 "The burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;
5 and the grain offering shall be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs as much as he is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah.
6 "On the day of the new moon he shall offer a young bull without blemish, also six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish.
7 "And he shall provide a grain offering, an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, and a hin of oil with an ephah.
8 "When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the porch of the gate and go out by the same way.
9 "But when the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by way of the north gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate. And he who enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. No one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered but shall go straight out.
10 "When they go in, the prince shall go in among them; and when they go out, he shall go out.
11 "At the festivals and the appointed feasts the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull and an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah.
12 "When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the LORD, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he goes out.
13 "And you shall provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to the LORD daily; morning by morning you shall provide it.
14 "Also you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to the LORD continually by a perpetual ordinance.
15 "Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering."
Lev 23:2
2 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ' The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations — My appointed times are these:
Nu 28:2
2 "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be careful to present My offering, My food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.'
Ex 23:14-16
14 Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.
15 "You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed.
16 "Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.
Dt 16:16
16 " Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
1 Ki 9:25
25 Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
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14 Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded.
2 Ch 5:11
When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions),
1 Ch 24:1
1 Now the divisions of the descendants of Aaron were these: the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 Ch 23:4
4 "This is the thing which you shall do: one third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the sabbath, shall be gatekeepers,
2 Ch 31:2
2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.
Lk 1:5
5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Lk 1:8
8 Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division,
1 Ch 6:31-32
31 Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark rested there.
32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they served in their office according to their order.
2 Ch 23:2-6
2 They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers' households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3 Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them, "Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD has spoken concerning the sons of David.
4 "This is the thing which you shall do: one third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the sabbath, shall be gatekeepers,
5 and one third shall be at the king's house, and a third at the Gate of the Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
6 "But let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy. And let all the people keep the charge of the LORD.
2 Ch 35:10-14
10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood at their stations and the Levites by their divisions according to the king's command.
11 They slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests sprinkled the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned them.
12 Then they removed the burnt offerings that they might give them to the sections of the fathers' households of the lay people to present to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. They did this also with the bulls.
13 So they roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the ordinance, and they boiled the holy things in pots, in kettles, in pans, and carried them speedily to all the lay people.
14 Afterwards they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.
Ezr 6:18
18 Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
1 Ch 26:1
1 For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
Ac 13:22
22 "After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ' I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.'
Ac 13:36
36 "For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
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15 And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.
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16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
1 Ki 7:51
51 Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
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17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom.
1 Ki 9:26-27
26 King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
27 And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.
2 Ch 20:36
36 So he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
Dt 2:8
8 "So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
2 Ki 14:21-22
21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.
2 Ki 16:6
6 At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, and cleared the Judeans out of Elath entirely; and the Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day.
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18 And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon's servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
1 Ki 9:27-28
27 And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.
28 They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
1 Ki 10:22
22 For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
2 Ch 9:10-11
10 The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
11 From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the LORD and for the king's palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.
2 Ch 9:13-22
13 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
14 besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.
16 He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.
19 Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
20 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
21 For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
22 So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Dt 17:16-17
16 "Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses , since the LORD has said to you, 'You shall never again return that way.'
17 "He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.
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Key Verse
16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
Central Teaching
The Lord wants His children to be fruitful and productive for His glory.
Application - What is Yours?
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