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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Chronicles 1 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 2 Chronicles 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/29.htm" title="1 Chronicles 29">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 1 <a href="../2_chronicles/2.htm" title="2 Chronicles 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_chronicles/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Solomon Asks for Wisdom</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Solomon son of David took firm control of his kingdom, for the LORD his God was with him and made him very powerful.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Solomon called together all the leaders of Israel—the generals and captains of the army,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> the judges, and all the political and clan leaders. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God’s Tabernacle<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD’s servant, had made in the wilderness.)</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur was there<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> at Gibeon in front of the Tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the people gathered in front of it to consult the LORD.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>There in front of the Tabernacle, Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the LORD’s presence and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings on it.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Solomon replied to God, “You showed great and faithful love to David, my father, and now you have made me king in his place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>O LORD God, please continue to keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will certainly give you the wisdom and knowledge you requested. But I will also give you wealth, riches, and fame such as no other king has had before you or will ever have in the future!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the Tabernacle at the place of worship in Gibeon, and he reigned over Israel.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> and from Cilicia<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a>; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> and horses for 150 pieces of silver.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a> They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Tent of Meeting;</span><span class="ft"> also in 1:6, 13.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:5a </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version and Latin Vulgate, and some Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="it">he placed.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:5b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to consult him.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to go out and come in before this people.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">charioteers;</span><span class="ft"> also in 1:14b.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Shephelah.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:16a </span><span class="ft">Possibly </span><span class="it">Muzur,</span><span class="ft"> a district near Cilicia; also in 1:17.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:16b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Kue,</span><span class="ft"> probably another name for Cilicia.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:17a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">600 [shekels] of silver,</span><span class="ft"> about 15 pounds or 6.8 kilograms in weight.</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:17b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">150 [shekels],</span><span class="ft"> about 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms in weight.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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