Tag: 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 10 – 11 The queen of Sheba may have declared the Solomon’s people were happy but the first thing they did after he died was request that his son lower the burdens imposed by Solomon. It always surprises me that Jeroboam abandoned the Lord immediately after being given a kingdom. Interestingly the people…

2 Chronicles 8 – 9 We don’t often think about Israelite society after they conquered Palestine. We admire David and Solomon but never mention that they broke people into classes such that non-Israelites were servants and paid tribute. We know the king was wealthy but that does not guarantee that the people were well off.…

2 Chronicles 7 This declaration by the Lord that He would perpetually hear prayers made in the place of Solomon’s temple helps to indicate why Jews would go to the wailing wall, the only remaining element of that temple complex and proof of where that place was, to offer prayers to Him.

2 Chronicles 6 I wonder if this situation—where the Lord told David not to build a temple but said that it was good that he had planned to build one—is the origin for the idea that “it’s the thought that counts.” This is the dedicatory prayer for the temple. It is beautiful.

2 Chronicles 4 – 5 I’ve always wondered how much a bath is compared to a gallon. The description of the molten sea makes it possible to calculate an approximation. Of course it was faster to just use Google to discover that a bath is about 5.8 gallons. When the ark of the covenant was…

2 Chronicles 2 – 3 The way Solomon was paying for someone who could work in various precious metals could have made men with such skills a privileged class. That would fit with the theory that Nephi, who was the son of a wealthy Lehi, knew how to work precious metal.

2 Chronicles 1 Solomon was still young when he obtained the promise of wisdom that he asked for and wealth that he did not request.