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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Chronicles 1 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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 American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch14001" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">I. <span class="ac">The Reign of Solomon</span></h1> <h1 id="cn14001" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Solomon at Gibeon.</span> <span id="v14001001" class="ver">1</span>Solomon, son of David, strengthened his hold on the kingdom, for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, his God, was with him, making him ever greater. <span id="v14001002" class="ver">2</span>Solomon summoned all Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, the judges, the princes of all Israel, and the family heads; <span id="v14001003" class="ver">3</span><a id="ren14001003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en14001003-a">a</a> and, accompanied by the whole assembly, Solomon went to the high place at Gibeon, because the tent of meeting of God, made in the wilderness by Moses, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s servant, was there. <span id="v14001004" class="ver">4</span>David had, however, brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem, where he had provided a place and pitched a tent for it; <span id="v14001005" class="ver">5</span>the bronze altar made by Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, he put in front of the tabernacle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="rfn14001005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn14001005-1">*</a> There Solomon and the assembly sought out the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,<a id="ren14001005-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en14001005-b">b</a> <span id="v14001006" class="ver">6</span>and Solomon offered sacrifice in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s presence on the bronze altar at the tent of meeting; he sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings upon it.</p> <p><span id="v14001007" class="ver">7</span>That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him: Whatever you ask, I will give you. <span id="v14001008" class="ver">8</span>Solomon answered God: “You have shown great favor to David my father, and you have made me king to succeed him. <span id="v14001009" class="ver">9</span>Now, <span class="tetr">Lord</span> God, may your word to David my father be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.<a id="ren14001009-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en14001009-c">c</a> <span id="v14001010" class="ver">10</span>Give me, therefore, wisdom and knowledge to govern this people, for otherwise who could rule this vast people of yours?” <span id="v14001011" class="ver">11</span>God then replied to Solomon: Because this has been your wish—you did not ask for riches, treasures, and glory, or the life of those who hate you, or even for a long life for yourself, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge in order to rule my people over whom I have made you king— <span id="v14001012" class="ver">12</span>wisdom and knowledge are given you. I will also give you riches, treasures, and glory, such as kings before you never had, nor will those who come after you.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Solomon’s Wealth.</span> <span id="v14001013" class="ver">13</span>Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, and became king over Israel. <span id="v14001014" class="ver">14</span>Solomon amassed chariots and horses: he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses; these he allocated among the chariot cities and to the king’s service in Jerusalem.<a id="ren14001014-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en14001014-d">d</a> <span id="v14001015" class="ver">15</span>The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as numerous as the sycamores of the Shephelah.<a id="ren14001015-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en14001015-e">e</a> <span id="v14001016" class="ver">16</span>Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Cilicia,<a id="rfn14001016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn14001016-1">*</a> where the king’s agents purchased them at the prevailing price.<a id="ren14001016-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en14001016-f">f</a> <span id="v14001017" class="ver">17</span>A chariot imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, a horse one hundred and fifty shekels; so they were exported to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.<a id="ren14001017-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en14001017-g">g</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Preparations for the Temple.</span> <span id="v14001018" class="ver">18</span>Solomon gave orders for the building of a house for the name of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> and also a king’s house for himself.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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