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2 Chronicles 1:2 Explained in Context
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Verse 2. 2Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Solomon begins at Gibeon.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 1:1–6
Read 2 Chronicles 1:2 with 1:1–6. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Solomon's strengthened rule opens with Israel's leaders, the wilderness tabernacle, Bezalel's altar, and abundant offerings at Gibeon.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Solomon begins at Gibeon,” 2 Chronicles 1:2 advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence through the wording “Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The Chronicler carries David's temple preparations into Solomon's public worship before any royal achievement is narrated. Solomon's public worship at Gibeon begins only after David's assembly, plans, gifts, prayer, and succession have transferred an unfinished temple responsibility to him.
Read 2 Chronicles 1:1–6 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 1:1–6 forms the complete movement “Solomon begins at Gibeon”: Solomon's strengthened rule opens with Israel's leaders, the wilderness tabernacle, Bezalel's altar, and abundant offerings at Gibeon.
Verse 1. 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
Verse 2. 2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Verse 3. 3 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.
Verse 4. 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
Verse 5. 5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
Verse 6. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
What Remains True
Worship and wisdom remain accountable to covenant, labor, outsiders, resources, and God's freedom; sacred scale never makes royal power or a building immune from review. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Solomon's strengthened rule opens with Israel's leaders, the wilderness tabernacle, Bezalel's altar, and abundant offerings at Gibeon. In 2 Chronicles 1:2, the concrete line “Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges….” When worship, buildings, wealth, or leadership are involved, disclose labor and money, welcome outsiders without stigma, preserve covenant limits, and refuse to measure God's presence by scale or spectacle. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Solomon's strengthened rule opens with Israel's leaders, the wilderness tabernacle, Bezalel's altar, and abundant offerings at Gibeon.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 1:1–6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:1–6
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
Supports: Unit-bounded translation comparisons and only those lexical, textual, grammatical, numerical, historical, and parallel-passage notes attached to these verses.
Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 1:1–6, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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