2 chronicles 3 and 4

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Hebrew paragraph divisions:

2 Chr 2:17-3:7 {s} He appointed the strangers to the labor force + began to build the temple
2 Chr 3:6-13 {s} The construction and description of the Most Holy Place
2 Chr 3:14 {s} He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, fine linen + wove cherubim into it
2 Chr 3:15 {s} Two pillars 35 cubits high + their capitals were 5 cubits, in front of the temple
2 Chr 3:16-17 {s} Their decoration + he set them up, and called them Jachin and Boaz
2 Chr 4:1 {s} He made the bronze altar
2 Chr 4:2-5 {s} He made the bronze sea; it held 3000 baths
2 Chr 4:6 {s} He made ten lavers to wash the implements for the burnt offering in
2 Chr 4:7 {s} He made ten lampstands of gold
2 Chr 4:8 {s} He made ten tables + 100 bowls of gold
2 Chr 4:9-18 {s} The articles of bronze Hiram the craftsman of Tyre made for the house of the Lord
2 Chr 4:19-5:1a {s} The articles of gold Solomon had made for the Holy + Most Holy Place/ he finished the work

The strong themes:

2 Chr 2:17-5:1 {sx12+p} He constructed the house of the Lord + all its furnishings/ brought in the dedicated things

2 Chr 3:1-5:1 reverse parallelism:

1a) 2 Chr 3:1-2, Solomon began to build YHVH’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, 2nd day, 2nd month, 4th regnal year;

1b) 2 Chr 3:3-14 {s+s+s} Construction + decoration + veil of the Holy + Most Holy Place;

1) 2 Chr 3:3-13 {s+s} The construction + decoration of the Holy + Most Holy Place;
2) 1 Chr 3:14 {s} The veil before the Most Holy Place of blue, purple, crimson, woven with cherubim;

1c) 2 Chr 3:15-4:6 {ssx5} The bronzework, including the bronze altar, of the outer court;

1d) 2 Chr 4:7 {s} He made ten lampstands of gold + set them in the temple, five and five;

2d) 2 Chr 4:8 {s} He made ten tables of gold + set them in the temple, five and five;

2c) 2 Chr 4:9-18 {s} He made the outer court and all its bronzework + furnishings/ Hiram finished the work;

2b) 2 Chr 4:19-22, The gold articles + furnishings + doors for the Holy + Most Holy Place;

1) 2 Chr 4:19-22a, The gold articles + furnishings for the Holy + Most Holy Place;
2) 2 Chr 4:22b, The gold doors at the entry of the Holy Place/ inner doors to the Most Holy Place;

2a) 2 Chr 5:1a {s} So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished.

The repeating theme that stood out to me today:

2 Chr 4:11 Then Hiram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God.

2 Chr 5:1a So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished. {s}

The job before us might be big and daunting, but there will be an end, and it will be finished. Every day, we just do the next thing, and keep doing it, and one day we will come to the end!

So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. Joh 19:30

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim 4:7