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Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, neither did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

Verse ConceptsSix PeopleSixteen

They destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and they have lived there to this day (the date of this writing).

Verse ConceptsExtermination

and he said, “Far be it from me before my God that I would do this thing! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For they brought it at the risk of their lives.” So he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

Verse ConceptsCrude LanguagePeople Consuming Bloodrisk

David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no violence or wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on [what you are doing] and punish [you].”

Verse ConceptsBetrayalPeople HelpingHurt And Betrayal

David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the Lord our God, let us send word everywhere to our fellow countrymen who remain in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, so that they may meet with us;

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises Of

and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, both you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In Jerusalem

for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought Israel up [from Egypt] until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.

Verse ConceptsMoving To A New Place

Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?’”’

Verse ConceptsCedar Wood

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make your name like the name of the great ones of the earth.

Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house and family that You have brought me this far?

Verse ConceptsPeople Sitting Down

This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard and estate of a man of high degree (prominence), O Lord God.

Verse ConceptsFuture

O Lord, for Your servant’s sake, and in accordance with Your own heart, You have accomplished all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfKnowing God, Nature Of

O Lord, there is no one like You, nor is there any God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Verse ConceptsMonotheismOne GodNo One Is Like God

“Therefore now, O Lord, let the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house endure forever, and do as You have said.

For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build for him a house (descendants); therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature Of

And now, O Lord, You are God, and you have spoken and promised this good thing to Your servant.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness Of

But the leaders of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Do you think that David has sent people to console and comfort you because he honors your father? Have his servants not come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

Verse ConceptsSpiesSpying

Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. But now, I beseech You, take away the wickedness and guilt of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfBeggarsGuilt, Human Aspects OfRegretRepentance, Examples OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversFoolish People

David said to God, “Is it not I who commanded the people to be counted? I am the one who has sinned and done evil; but as for these sheep [the people of Israel], what have they done? O Lord my God, please let Your hand be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”

Verse ConceptsNumberingLonelinessAngst

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house for My Name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before me.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfSheddingSolomon's Temple

Now listen, with great trouble I have prepared and provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for they are great in quantity. I have also prepared and provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

Verse ConceptsBronzeCoinageGoldSilverBrassAmassing SilverAmassing Bronze

Further, you have workmen in abundance: stonecutters and stonemasons and carpenters, and all men who are skillful in every kind of work.

Verse ConceptsCarpentersWisdom, Human NatureMen Workingcraftsmanship

Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.”

Verse ConceptsCarrying Holy Things

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My Name (Presence), because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

Verse ConceptsSheddingSolomon's TempleWar

He said to me, ‘Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofSons Of GodSpiritual AdoptionSolomon's Temple

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and minds, and understands every intent and inclination of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will reject you forever.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, All knowingFreedom, Of The WillFate, And FatalismCommitment, to GodeagernessGod's Knowledge Of PeopleGod, Wisdom OfImagination, Inward DesiresMotives, Importance OfPrayer, Advice For EffectiveReceptivenessRejection Of God, Results OfRenunciationSearchingSeeking GodThoughtGod, Omniscience OfHeart, Known To GodParents Duty To ChildrenPenitentAnswered PromisesSearching The HeartGod Searching HeartsWhole HeartednessConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod Knowing the Human Heartimaginationmotives

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and take action; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor abandon you [but will guide you in the construction] until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverBeing AfraiddiscouragementInexperienceBraveryGod's Help In DiscouragementStrength Of PeopleGod Not ForsakingCourageCourage And StrengthStaying Strong And Not Giving UpFinishing Strongfearlessfinishing

And see, [you have] the divisions of the priests and Levites for all the service of God’s house, and every willing, skillful man will be with you in all the kinds of work for any kind of service. Also the officers and all the people will be entirely at your command.”

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodSkillWisdom, Human NatureSubdivisionsVolunteering

So with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

Verse ConceptsGemsIronJewelsMineralsStonesPrecious StonesColor

Moreover, because I delight in the house of my God, the [personal] treasure that I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, in addition to all that I have already provided for the holy house:

Verse ConceptsDonationsAffectionconstruction

O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy Name, it is from Your hand, and is all Your own.

Verse ConceptsGiving To GodRiches, Believers AttitudesGod's Provision

I know also, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness and integrity. In the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. So now with joy I have seen Your people who are present here, make their offerings willingly and freely to You.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfHonestyPleasing GodProving, Through TestingVirtueGod, All knowingSearching The HeartGod Testing PeopleVolunteeringTestsexamsmotives

and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all [that is necessary] to build the temple [for You], for which I have made provision.”

Verse ConceptsIntercessionParents Prayer For Their ChildrenCommands, in OTIntercessory PrayerParents Duty To Childrenstructure