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And he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the Tabernacle at the place of worship in Gibeon, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon came <i>from his journey</i> to the high place that <i>was</i> at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Solomon came to Jerusalem from the high place that <i>was</i> at Gibeon, from before the tabernacle of meeting, and reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon went from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Solomon went from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Solomon went from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Solomon went from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon went from the high place at Gibeon, from the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place that was in Gibeon in front of the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place that was in Gibeon in front of the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Solomon then left Gibeon and returned to Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Solomon went from the tent of meeting at the place of worship in Gibeon to Jerusalem. And he ruled Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So Solomon left the place of worship at Gibeon, where the Tent of the LORD's presence was, and returned to Jerusalem. There he ruled over Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So Solomon returned from the Tent of Meeting at the high place in Gibeon to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Solomon comes in to Jerusalem [from] the high place that [is] in Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, and reigns over Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Solomon cometh in from the high place that is in Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and reigneth over Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Solomon will come to the height which is in Gibeon to Jerusalem from before the tent of appointment, and he will reign over Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon came from the high place of Gabaon to Jerusalem before the tabernacle of the covenant, and reigned over Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Solomon went from the high place of Gibeon to Jerusalem, before the tabernacle of the covenant, and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, and became king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon came from his journey to the great banquet that was at the town of Gibeon, east of Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Solomon came for the great banquet that is in the city Gebun at the East of Jerusalem, from before the Tabernacle of Assembly, and he became king over all Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So Solomon came [from his journey] to the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Solomon came from the high place that was in Gabaon to Jerusalem, <i>from</i> before the tabernacle of witness, and reigned over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=142" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8010.htm" title="8010: šə·lō·mōh (N-proper-ms) -- David's son and successor to his throne. From shalowm; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor.">So Solomon</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">to Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: lab·bā·māh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">from the high place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1391.htm" title="1391: bə·ḡiḇ·‘ō·wn (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A Levitical city in Benjamin. From the same as Geba'; hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine.">in Gibeon</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mil·lip̄·nê (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: way·yim·lōḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">and he reigned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">1 Kings 10:26-29</a></span><br />Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. / The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. / Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-26.htm">1 Kings 4:26</a></span><br />Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">1 Kings 3:1-15</a></span><br />Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem. / The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built. / And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25</a></span><br />Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-23.htm">1 Kings 10:23-25</a></span><br />So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. / The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart. / Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-8</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">1 Kings 4:20-21</a></span><br />The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. / And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/5-1.htm">1 Kings 5:1-12</a></span><br />Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David. / And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram: / “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1-38</a></span><br />In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. / The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. / The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-1.htm">1 Kings 7:1-51</a></span><br />Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace. / He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. / The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">1 Kings 8:1-66</a></span><br />At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. / And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. / When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-1.htm">1 Kings 9:1-9</a></span><br />Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do, / the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. / And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-1.htm">1 Kings 10:1-13</a></span><br />Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. / She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind. / And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">1 Kings 11:9-13</a></span><br />Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. / Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command. / Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></span><br />But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.</p><p class="hdg">at Gibeon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm">2 Chronicles 1:3</a></b></br> So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that <i>was</i> at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.</p><p class="hdg">reigned</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/4-24.htm">1 Kings 4:24,25</a></b></br> For he had dominion over all <i>the region</i> on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-5.htm">Gibeon</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-28.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-1.htm">Reigneth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-11.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/5-5.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-7.htm">Gibeon</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-14.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/7-9.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-11.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-26.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-30.htm">Reigneth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-14.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-5.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-5.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-1.htm">The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-7.htm">Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">Solomon's forces and wealth</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Solomon's journey to Jerusalem signifies a return to the political and spiritual center of Israel. Jerusalem, known as the City of David, holds profound historical and theological significance as the chosen city of God. The Hebrew root for "Jerusalem" is "Yerushalayim," which can mean "foundation of peace." This highlights the city's role as a place of divine presence and peace, a central theme in Solomon's reign.<p><b>from the high place in Gibeon</b><br />Gibeon was a significant location for worship before the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem. The "high place" refers to an elevated site used for worship, often associated with altars and sacrifices. Historically, Gibeon was a Canaanite city that became an important Israelite worship site. The Hebrew word for "high place" is "bamah," which can denote a sacred or elevated space. Solomon's departure from Gibeon to Jerusalem marks a transition from provisional worship practices to the establishment of a centralized, God-ordained worship in the Temple.<p><b>before the Tent of Meeting</b><br />The "Tent of Meeting" was a sacred space where God communicated with Moses and the Israelites during their wilderness journey. It symbolizes God's presence and guidance. In Hebrew, "Tent of Meeting" is "Ohel Moed," which conveys the idea of a designated place for divine-human encounters. Solomon's actions before the Tent of Meeting underscore his commitment to seeking God's wisdom and guidance, a theme that defines his early reign.<p><b>and he reigned over Israel</b><br />This phrase emphasizes Solomon's authority and the fulfillment of God's promise to David regarding his lineage. The Hebrew root for "reigned" is "malak," which means to rule or have dominion. Solomon's reign is characterized by peace, prosperity, and the construction of the Temple, fulfilling God's covenant with David. His rule over "Israel" signifies the united kingdom, a period of national unity and strength. This highlights the importance of divine wisdom and leadership in achieving God's purposes for His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon is known for his wisdom, wealth, and building the First Temple in Jerusalem. He is the central figure in this passage, having just received wisdom and wealth from God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gibeon.htm">Gibeon</a></b><br>A significant high place where Solomon offered sacrifices to God. It was here that God appeared to Solomon in a dream, granting him wisdom and wealth.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tent_of_meeting.htm">Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>Also known as the Tabernacle, this was the portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites, where they worshiped before the Temple was built.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Israel, where Solomon reigned and later built the Temple, centralizing worship and governance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/reign_over_israel.htm">Reign over Israel</a></b><br>This event marks the beginning of Solomon's rule over the united kingdom of Israel, emphasizing his God-given authority and responsibility.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_seeking_god.htm">The Importance of Seeking God</a></b><br>Solomon's journey to Gibeon to offer sacrifices demonstrates the importance of seeking God earnestly. We should prioritize our relationship with God, seeking His wisdom and guidance in all aspects of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_generosity.htm">God's Generosity</a></b><br>God's response to Solomon's request for wisdom shows His willingness to bless those who seek Him with pure intentions. We should trust in God's provision and approach Him with humility and sincerity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>Solomon's reign over Israel signifies the weight of leadership and the responsibility to govern justly. As Christians, we are called to lead in our communities and families with integrity and wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_centrality_of_worship.htm">The Centrality of Worship</a></b><br>Moving from Gibeon to Jerusalem symbolizes the centralization of worship. Our lives should be centered around worshiping God, making Him the focal point of our daily activities.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">And Solomon came to the high place that was in Gibeon to Jerusalem.</span> Clearly we should read, <span class= "ital">"from</span> the high place," with the LXX. and Vulgate. The difficulty is as old as the Syriac version, which reads, "And Solomon came to the great high place [reading <span class= "ital">b-msa</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span><span class= "greekheb">?????</span>--with Dr. Payne Smith] that is in Gibeon the city, which is on the east of Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle."<p><span class= "bld">From before the tabernacle of the congregation.</span>--See <a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm" title="So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.">2Chronicles 1:3</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm" title="And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.">2Chronicles 1:6</a>. Perhaps "to (or <span class= "ital">at</span>) the high place that was at G-ibeon," was originally a marginal gloss upon this expression. (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm" title="So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.">2Chronicles 1:3</a>.) The reading, "And Solomon came to Jerusalem from before the tent of tryst," would be quite intelligible without this addition.<p><span class= "bld">And reigned over Israel.</span>--Syr., <span class= "ital">over all Israel.</span> (Comp. <a href="/1_kings/4-1.htm" title="So king Solomon was king over all Israel.">1Kings 4:1</a>.) But the remark, "and he reigned over Israel," is by no means "superfluous" (Bertheau), inasmuch as it naturally introduces the following sketch of the reign, which carries us on from God's promise to its fulfilment.<p>The chronicler does not notice the sacrifices which, on his return, Solomon offered before the ark at Jerusalem (<a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm" title="And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.">1Kings 3:15</a>), nor the story of the king's wise judgment which there follows (<a href="/context/1_kings/3-16.htm" title="Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.">1Kings 3:16-28</a>). It is unreasonable to seek any other ground of such omissions than the free and legitimate exercise of the compiler's discretion in the choice of his own materials. That he did not depreciate the sanctuary on Mount Zion as a place of sacrifice, is evident from <a href="/1_chronicles/21-18.htm" title="Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.">1Chronicles 21:18</a> to <a href="/1_chronicles/22-1.htm" title="Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.">1Chronicles 22:1</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> <span class="accented">- Solomon's return after sacrifice from Gibeon to Jerusalem, and from</span> "<span class="accented">before the tabernacle of the congregation"</span> <span class="accented">to</span> "<span class="accented">before</span> <span class="accented">the ark of the covenant of the Lord"</span> <span class="accented">in Mount Zion.</span> (<a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm">1 Kings 3:15</a>) This verse not merely bears the trace of a slightly corrupt text in the presence of the Hebrew preposition: before <span class="hebrew">בָּמָה</span>, where there can be no doubt the preposition <span class="hebrew">ְ</span> should stand, but also suggests (keeping in view our ver. 3, and comparing <a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm">1 Kings 3:15</a>) the condensed and cut-down method of Chronicles, and its strong preferences for <span class="accented">selecting</span> out of the various material at its command. <span class="cmt_word">The tabernacle of</span> <span class="cmt_word">the congregation.</span> This styling of the "tabernacle" is of very frequent occurrence. It is found above thirty times in Exodus, and fully as often in Leviticus and Numbers. Afterwards it is sprinkled more rarely in the historical books. The reason of its being styled "the tabernacle of the <span class="accented">congregation"</span> (<span class="hebrew">מועֵר</span>) is doubtful - perhaps because of the gatherings of the people in front of it, or possibly because of its being the place where God would meet with Moses. The other name, the tabernacle of "witness" or "testimony" or covenant" (<span class="hebrew">עֵדוּת</span>; <a href="/numbers/9-15.htm">Numbers 9:15</a>, etc.), is not unfrequent. Hence the LXX. <span class="greek">σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτυρίου</span>; the Vulgate, <span class="accented">tabernaculum testimonii</span>; and Luther's <span class="accented">Stifisuitten.</span> This verse very much stints the information contained in the parallel, to the effect that Solomon forthwith took his place before the ark of the covenant in Mount Zion, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and gave a feast to all his servants (<a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">2 Samuel 6:17-19</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">1 Chronicles 16:1-3</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Deuteronomy 14:26-29</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And he reigned over Israel</span>. These words seem nugatory both in themselves and as placed here. They probably stand for <a href="/1_kings/4-1.htm">1 Kings 4:1</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So Solomon</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·mōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8010.htm">Strong's 8010: </a> </span><span class="str2">Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֨א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the high place</span><br /><span class="heb">לַבָּמָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(lab·bā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Gibeon</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּגִבְעוֹן֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḡiḇ·‘ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gibeon -- a Levitical city in Benjamin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלִּפְנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֣הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Meeting,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹעֵ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·‘êḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he reigned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yim·lōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 1:13 So Solomon came from the high place (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 1:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 1:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 1:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 1:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>